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And the moon is 384,400 km away. So, we've sent satellites and probes further than that.
by lindseymysse 5y ago
And the moon is 384,400 km away. So, we've sent satellites and probes further than that.
- inglor_cz 5y agoTrue, but my reasoning was that we cannot really "lose space" for 1000 years by Kessler syndrome alone. The lower orbits self-clean much faster than that. And Kessler syndrome, even if fully developed, will likely not prevent you from flying to other celestial bodies. Compared to an orbit, you only spend a very short time in the region cluttered by debris when leaving the Earth entirely.
- stubish 5y agoRemember that volume increases exponentially with distance. Even large objects out that far are needles in a stack of haystacks.
- jholman 5y agoRemember that volume absolutely does not increase exponentially with distance, it increases as the third power, which is polynomial. In fact, the word we use for "the third power" is even a direct reference to the fact that it's volume: cubic. Agreed about the needle-in-haystacks part, though.