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It might make things harder, but it probably wouldn't end it entirely. These humans we have here are remarkably ingenious, have a high risk tolerance, and would
by beobab 9y ago
It might make things harder, but it probably wouldn't end it entirely. These humans we have here are remarkably ingenious, have a high risk tolerance, and would probably come up with some way of dealing with it.
- lou1306 9y agoAnd LOE still has some atmospheric drag, which means that debris will eventually fall to Earth. So that would be more of a "space age hiatus". By the way, we already have some ideas on how to deal with debris [0], so in the event of an actual Kessler Syndrome we could try them out. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_broom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_broom
- TeMPOraL 9y ago"Space age hiatus" would be a serious blow to our future as a species, though. It seems that over the last few years, all the necessary components required to bootstrap an economy in Earth's orbit / cislunar space have been coming together. This peculiar synchronization may completely collapse if we were to suddenly lose space access for couple of years (or decades).