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At any one time there are usually <10k airplanes in the sky,and they still hit each other sometimes despite going 23x slower than satellites
by hwillis 8y ago
At any one time there are usually <10k airplanes in the sky,and they still hit each other sometimes despite going 23x slower than satellites
- Rooster61 8y agoTo be fair, a lot of that is because of the fact that planes follow paths that are designed to keep collisions from happening, but aren't always adhered to.
- JshWright 8y agoThe vast majority of those collisions occur in areas where planes are forced to congregate (around airports, etc).
- cartoonfoxes 8y agoIsn't there high traffic where polar intersect? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision.