Space explorers should be mandated to bring their debris and rubbish home. Starlink, NASA, Orbital etc should not be permitted to continue filling space with rubbish, dead satellites or other stuff. The lesson on this planet is already clear - we make too much disposable stuff and we are polluting at an indefensible rate. #KesslerSyndrome #ProfSamLawler #Astronomy
Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers | The moon | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/22/patches-of-the-moon-to-become-spacecraft-graveyards-say-researchers
Space explorers should be mandated to bring their debris and rubbish home. Starlink, NASA, Orbital etc should not be permitted to continue filling space with rubbish, dead satellites or other stuff. The lesson on this planet is already clear - we make too much disposable stuff and we are polluting at an indefensible rate. #KesslerSyndrome #ProfSamLawler #Astronomy
Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers | The moon | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/22/patches-of-the-moon-to-become-spacecraft-graveyards-say-researchers
Will 2026 be the 'Year Of The Kessler Syndrome?"
I'd rather have the Year Of Linux Desktop thanks...
Reposting for those not bridged to BlueSky, and to add alt-text, because this is important!
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social posted this morning: "The number of active satellites in orbit has now passed the 14000 mark according to my estimates"
@sundogplanets @planet4589.bsky.social
With all this debris soon to come down it's like there has been a war in LEO....
IEEE Spectrum: Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point?
In some orbits, the Kessler syndrome is already underway
IEEE Spectrum: Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point?
In some orbits, the Kessler syndrome is already underway
So, I was talking with my supervisor about how #Starlink is trying to divert money intended for #FiberOptic, and told her about the #KesslerEffect (which will probably be caused by old Starlink satellites).
"I guess that will knock us back to landlines," was her reply.
"All the more reason to have fiber in place!" I chimed in!
So, I was talking with my supervisor about how #Starlink is trying to divert money intended for #FiberOptic, and told her about the #KesslerEffect (which will probably be caused by old Starlink satellites).
"I guess that will knock us back to landlines," was her reply.
"All the more reason to have fiber in place!" I chimed in!