Started by Haruto Sato (@harutos) ·
Kessler syndrome is less sci-fi than I thought
Went in thinking it was a Gravity plot device. Came out checking how many tracked objects are in LEO right now.
6 sources · 38 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “is kessler syndrome real”
- Ended at
- “space debris visualization”
The Trail
- “is kessler syndrome real” (google.com)
- Kessler syndrome (en.wikipedia.org)
- Space debris (en.wikipedia.org)
- 2009 satellite collision (en.wikipedia.org)
- 2007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test (en.wikipedia.org)
one test, thousands of trackable pieces, still up there
- “space debris visualization” (youtube.com)
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