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The show The Expanse has some interesting scenes involving loose items inside ships as well as junk/ballistics ripping through ships that this reminded me of. Interesting to see that fiction was inspired by the reality.
And if you haven't seen or read Planetes, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's the best anime/manga on the subject.
I find that the page's decision to hide the scrollbar and force smooth scrolling to be user-hostile.
I find that the page's decision to hide the scrollbar and force smooth scrolling to be user-hostile.
Why hasn't the kessler syndrome started already? Why has the ISS not been sandblasted after 20+ years in orbit? Those are great questions.
It seems to me to any venture mankind takes on has to fit into this narrative of man sinning against nature. It’s kind of like original sin for non religious folks.
Kessler syndrome is the example of this for space. It’s hard to find arguments against man expanding into space but oh wait you could pollute low earth orbit so better stay on earth.
When you start looking for it you’ll see it everywhere.
In the discussion of space junk, and kessler syndrome, there is a large bias that needs to be addressed. Most commentators operate under the impression that most of the stuff up there is "junk" from human activities, that space was essentially clean until we got there. It wasn't. It isn't. There are literally tons of natural rock falling onto earth every day. By some measurements over 100 metric tons per day. That is…
In the discussion of space junk, and kessler syndrome, there is a large bias that needs to be addressed. Most commentators operate under the impression that most of the stuff up there is "junk" from human activities, that space was essentially clean until we got there. It wasn't. It isn't. There are literally tons of natural rock falling onto earth every day. By some measurements over 100 metric tons per day. That is…
Satellites definitely get sandblasted to some extent; here's a hole made in the SolarMax satellite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SMM_panel_hole.jpg
The ISS cupola got hit and repaired, too: http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-debris/kessler-synd...
In the discussion of space junk, and kessler syndrome, there is a large bias that needs to be addressed. Most commentators operate under the impression that most of the stuff up there is "junk" from human activities, that space was essentially clean until we got there. It wasn't. It isn't. There are literally tons of natural rock falling onto earth every day. By some measurements over 100 metric tons per day. That is…
