Get Ready for the “Kessler Syndrome” to Wreck Outer Space
Space junk in orbit is looking to become our next ecological mess
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7 min readNov 17, 2021
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Back in 1978, the astrophysicist Donald Kessler made an alarming prediction: Space junk could wreck our ability to keep satellites aloft.
In a fascinating paper, Kessler noted that “low earth orbit” — a region between 99 miles and…