This is an extremely disingenuous article. Not even the worst case models of the Kessler syndrome predict any real impact on beyond-Earth space flight- rather,

This is an extremely disingenuous article. Not even the worst case models of the Kessler syndrome predict any real impact on beyond-Earth space flight- rather, they are concerned with higher probabilities of impact over months to years for satellites in specific overused low earth orbits. Nothing for comms satellites in geostationary to worry about, let alone a rocket just going past orbit to the moon or Mars. It's definitely something for scientists to think about and track so specific useful orbits stay useful, but has nothing to do with space flight. It's wild how much this idea has been misrepresented in the media! [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome