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May see rings around Earth again.. it's the expected state that space debris settles into after Kessler Syndrome.
by forgot-im-old 2y ago
May see rings around Earth again.. it's the expected state that space debris settles into after Kessler Syndrome.
- chaosmanorism 2y agoKessler syndrome is inevitable if Elon & Trump get their way, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2811927/trump-proposes-reviving-reagan-era-star-wars-missile-defense-program/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2811927/trump-propos...
- o_1 2y ago[flagged]
- helpfulContrib 2y ago[dead]
- sandworm101 2y agoThere isnt nearly enough mass up there in all the foreseeable sat constellations. They need enough collective mass to overcome the extreem orbital inclinations/speeds we use for sats. For a visible ring to form, we would have to send billions of sats into high/slow orbits and then just forget about them for millions of years. Even then, they would likely form into mini moons first before those moons eventually broke up into rings.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI had to laugh thinking that we (or some alien race) might come across a ringed planet only to find its rings are made of orbital space junk from a long-dead species that once flourished on the planet.
- McAtNite 2y agoThis made me consider what sort of orbital archeology would take place. I imagine it would be a gold mine for anyone trying to study that civilization, and attempting to snatch pieces out of orbit would be a huge focus.
- jareklupinski 2y agohopefully the sight discourages them from leaving their own waste behind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_Picnic
- keyle 2y agoI was about to make a snarky comment about starlink. It's getting harder to take a shot of the sky without one of those pesky floaties.
- delichon 2y agoDebris left in orbits below 600 km normally fall back to Earth within several years. The Starlink constellation is at around 350 km and below.
- forgot-im-old 2y ago[flagged]
- delichon 2y agoYou are right, it looks like I got a mistaken number from the Reddit (who could have predicted that). It says here that earlier this year Starlink was seeking permission to go lower. I wonder how that went. https://universemagazine.com/en/below-the-iss-orbit-starlink-satellites-will-descend-closer-to-earth/ https://universemagazine.com/en/below-the-iss-orbit-starlink...
- samegene321 2y ago[flagged]
- jajko 2y agoDon't look for cold sense in mr musk's adventures, just look at whole twitter saga. He is a overgrown child with brilliant mind but very little control of his emotions (on top or other real mental issues under variable control). My almost-5 year old son has in some aspects more emotional maturity than him. Doesn't mean that stuff ain't truth of course, but his recent conservative alignment has deeply personal reasons too.
- kidme5 2y ago
- veunes 2y agoSustainable space exploration is needed
- golergka 2y agoWouldn't all LEO stuff just de-orbit and burn eventually?