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   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   Collie wrote:   
   > Felix  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Coal G. Diesel wrote:   
   >>> NASA space debris expert Don Kessler observed that, once past a certain   
   >>> critical mass, the total amount of space debris will keep on increasing:   
   >>> collisions give rise to more debris and lead to more collisions, in a   
   >>> chain reaction. So Clean Space is seeking not just to cut debris   
   >>> production from future ESA missions but to reduce the total mass of   
   >>> current debris, such as the robotic salvage of derelict satellites. The   
   >>> task is an urgent one: debris levels have increased 50% in the last five   
   >>> years in low orbit.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/The_Kess   
   >>> ler_Effect_and_how_to_stop_it   
   >>   
   >> Of course apu we will wait until the problem becomes critical before   
   >> doing anything about it   
   >   
   >   
   > No reason why we should do anything at all.  It will be our children's   
   > problem soon.  But their ungreatful little turds so who cares as long as   
   > GPS still works.   
   >   
      
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