• @mholiv
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    146 hours ago

    Kessler syndrome doesn’t really apply for purely LEO satellites. They all burn up in a single digit amount of years.

    It’s not something to worry about yet.

    • @GrosPapatouf
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      150 minutes ago

      This is true at 500km altitude, but not so at higher LEO altitudes.

    • @[email protected]
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      4 hours ago

      On the contrary, I think it is something to avoid. Imagine letting a single person ground all space launches for 9 years. And all the pollution that adds to the atmosphere. All the junk landing on people’s farms or houses.

      • @mholiv
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        49 minutes ago

        It doesn’t work that way. I dislike Elon as much as the next sane person but we don’t need to invent new reasons to dislike him on top of all of the bad reasons that exist.