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Pew pew pew Kessler Syndrome here we come! (Ok yes, we're already in Kessler Syndrome, this is Kessler Syndrome: small collisions happen more and more frequently)

Hanno Rein @Hanno Rein · 1w
I just gave an interview with a journalist raising concerns about Kessler Syndrom and complaining about megaconstellations in general. And less than 5 minutes later, I see a post about a starlink satellite being involved in a "fragment creation event". nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8g Show more
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Prof. Sam Lawler · 1w
Follow up: I didn't read carefully. This may have been caused by an internal explosion rather than a debris collision (similar to what happened to another Starlink satellite a couple months ago). So... SpaceX will make Kessler Syndrome happen even faster with their exploding satellites, I guess. ...