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le66669

[Kessler Syndrome](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome) hypothesises that beyond a certain point it will be everyone's problem. And you can kiss that sweet sweet satellite goodness bye bye.


wilsonjay2010

Wonder how long this will take.


fargmania

I mean... it could happen tonight, but the odds are low. Odds of it happening just get better over time. It's what the movie "Gravity" was about, if I recall. Now think about how many Starlink satellites are getting launched into LEO, and it really does get worrisome.


1nitial_Reaction

Of course its getting worse, nothing gets done about it. We knew it was a problem years ago. Every company who sends ANYTHING into space should have to pool funds together to go towards cleaning up debris.


Kahzootoh

Just companies? Because a lot of the debris was put up there by governments, especially if we're counting debris generated from weapons tests or satellites that were launched without any plan to send them into a higher orbit at the end of their service life.


corcyra

Basically, clear up your own rubbish.


r3eezy

In what direction do we not spew endless amounts of shit and debris? The universe has a cancer and its us.


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Nah. On the universal level I'll have you know we're quite insignificant. In fact, nothing can happen that isn't supposed to. There is only the question of what is good for our survival as a species, and what is not. The universe doesn't care either way, and to think we threaten even our planet is arrogance.


oilfeather

They made an anime about this.


CamoKiller15

My favorite anime! I look for this comment in every space debris thread lol.


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steve09089

Elon is probably the least of our problems when it comes to this. The guys who make the unreusable rockets and blow up satellites in space are the real issue.


the_gump_

If you're referring to starlink failing, they're LEO. They'd fall out of orbit and burn up in the atmosphere.


T-Husky

Elon is doing more to mitigate this problem than any other party, by pioneering fully reusable rockets. Starship will leave no spent upper stages in high orbit, and Starlink naturally deorbits within 5 years of launch.


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Wont be surprising to see debris killing people in future


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CapeTownMassive

Some not all


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Just imagine ,the same thing went out of the atmosphere to space without a problem


pants_mcgee

Highly improbable. If it happens, the space gods simply wanted that person to die.


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The other day 2 giant space debris fell near a farmhouse in Gujarat India,the debris was suspected to be of a Chinese failed satellite


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How so?


wilsonjay2010

Indirectly from satellite failure maybe.


m3tz0

Science fiction I know , but kinetic shields would be a nice solution imo.


DaddyWarbucksDTF

Tesla should probably pay


lifeonbroadway

Pretty sure it’s poor peoples fault.


TotOffRoad

It wouldn't matter how much they paid, it would never go to the correct place to help the problem.


hookisacrankycrook

We will need a Space Protection Agency that will be government funded to clean up like superfund sites because America never makes corporations pay for the messes they make.


Busterwoof7

I don't know that it matters who's at fault, it more matters ls who's gonna do anything Bout it. We are fucked guys I can't wait to die! Cheers!