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Already there's a shitton of evasive maneuvers in low earth orbit and millions of objects measung 8.000t weight in total are being tracked.
Anyone else remember #Iridium 33 and #Cosmos2251 crashing into each other at 11,7 km/s at an almost 90° angle?
At this rate, I expect that it won't be long until we see cascading failures via the #KesslerSyndrome .
🛰️ Blue Origin applies to launch 51,000 datacenter satellites
｢ launch “up to 51,600 satellites operating in sun-synchronous orbits from 500–1,800 km, with inclinations between 97 degrees and 104 degrees, with each orbital plane containing approximately 300–1,000 satellites ｣
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/blue_origin_project_sunrise_orbital_datacenter/
Sometimes I wonder if us reaching Kessler syndrome now would actually be a good thing.
By the time we get rid of it, we might've learnt a thing or two on what we should or should not send into space once it would become reasonable again.
While I know there's a lot of useful stuff up there, pretty much the only thing I worry about are scientific space telescopes.
Yikes! #musk wants to add a million #satellites
Who is going to clean up the junk and how over time? The #climatecrisis will only make matters worse.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@ieeespectrum/116002927434880981
#Starlink is doing one collision avoidance maneuver every two minutes on average. Starlink recently announced they’re moving down to 350 km, shifting #satellites 🛰️ to even lower orbits. Everybody has to go through that really dense shell - including #ISS, including #astronauts.
More reasons to say "No!" to #SpaceX and #Starlink (and other unnecessary satellites!).
SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of polluting lithium
Georgina Rannard, Science reporter, February 19, 2025
Excerpts: "When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our #atmosphere.
"Now scientists are directly linking the uncontrolled rocket re-entry to a plume of #lithium measured less than 100km above Earth.
"It is the first time researchers have drawn a direct link between a known piece of #SpaceDebris crashing to Earth and #pollution levels.
They warn that as SpaceX chief #ElonMusk pledges to launch one million satellites in the coming years, this #contamination could be the tip of the iceberg."
[...]
"Earlier research has suggested that 10% of aerosols in the atmosphere are already contaminated by space debris.
"SpaceX has not responded to emailed requests from BBC News for comment. The researchers also sent their findings to the company but did not receive a response.
"Almost 30,000 pieces of debris are calculated to be free-floating in space, created when rockets break up in space or satellites disintegrate.
"Scientists warn that the debris is congesting space and threatens collision with rockets, the International Space Station, and our planet.
"Musk's SpaceX is the world's leading company for rocket launches including for sending humans into space and maintaining a network of 10,000 Starlink internet satellites.
"Musk recently announced he has applied to launch one million satellites to support #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI) data centres in space.
"Scientists warn that as humans move more activities off-Earth, more debris will fall to Earth, polluting as it plummets."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd8z4eqlxno
#LithiumPollution #AtmosphericPollution #NoAIInSpace #NoDatacentersInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect #SpaceJunk #DarkSkies #LowerEarthOrbit #LEO #AIBullshitMachines #TechBros #xAI #Technopoly #SpacePollution
#AISucks #DataCenters #SkyNet #KesslerSyndrome #USPol #WorldPol #SpaceNews
Hey, geniuses! What happens to astronauts on the Moon once Elon Musk and his Chinese authoritarian counterparts create a Kessler syndrome in LEO? Will we get to watch them slowly go mad and die?
The sky belongs to Elon Musk and the Chinese government. As always these days, NASA displays the foresight of a pretzel.
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