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No. At the height airplanes fly, any debris would just be falling almost straight down, if it even makes it that far (I think most would just burn up in the at
by mehwoot 6y ago
No. At the height airplanes fly, any debris would just be falling almost straight down, if it even makes it that far (I think most would just burn up in the atmosphere anyway).
The reason debris in LEO is dangerous is because it's going really, really fast and continually orbiting for years so if there's enough of it eventually you'll run into something.
- aledalgrande 6y agoYeah that's what I'm wondering: if there's enough debris in LEO is there any danger that small/not fully burned pieces going down at high speed would pierce airplanes? I have no idea what kind of volume/probability we're talking about...