• sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Bye bye future space launches once we have full or partial Kessler syndrome.

    Bye bye earth based astronomy.

    But dang this tech is so much better than Hughesnet

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      2 months 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.

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        2 months 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.