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And 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 al
by lou1306 9y ago
And 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).