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TIL about Kessler Syndrome. Thanks.
There's an anime/manga series kinda about it. They're a misfit space garbage disposal crew. Meant to prevent space collisions.
https://youtu.be/ZESIHA0qK3U?is=RrFAaPIQCnlaVxUY
If you’re on a fedi service that allows you to follow individual accounts, like mastodon or piefed, you can follow my favorite astronomy professor in the fediverse who talks about this @sundogplanets@mastodon.social
Followed because awesome.
It's terrifying.
Me too. Also, I’m surprised Bezos doesn’t just do “space debris” cleanup. He’s not going to get into Musk’s space anytime soon.