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See also "Kessler syndrome": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome And, if you speak German, yesterday
by okket 10y ago
See also "Kessler syndrome":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
And, if you speak German, yesterdays "Sternengeschichten" podcast by Florian Freistetter is about this problem:
http://scienceblogs.de/astrodicticum-simplex/2017/04/07/sternengeschichten-folge-229-das-kessler-syndrom/ http://scienceblogs.de/astrodicticum-simplex/2017/04/07/ster...
- loeg 10y agoIs that basically the premise of Seveneves?
- okket 10y agoNeal Stephenson's book is in the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome#In_fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome#In_fiction
- andrewflnr 10y agoIn the same way that flu season is basically the premise of "World War Z".
- roryisok 10y agoThe first line of Seveneves is "The moon exploded with no warning and no apparent reason". The Kessler effect is involved, but its not really about space junk at all It is excellent though
- scotchmi_st 10y agoI believe it's in the afterword of Seveneves, that space debris was mentioned as one of Neal Stephenson's inspirations for the plot of that book.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10y agoThe moon is destroyed on the first page of Seveneves. So not quite.
- harperlee 10y ago(spoiler ahead - go read the book instead of this post) The moon breaks in half in the first page, but a cascade event happens about a hundred pages into the book, then further changes happen :) . So I think it is accurate to say that it is analogous!
- kwhitefoot 10y agoSee Ken McLeod, Sky Road.