Do all those vehicles cover every square foot of the planet?
Please tell me that you don't actually think the problem will be a physically impenetrable wall.
The problem is micro debris that you can't track and how much of it do you need before it starts impacting your chance of survival. Also there is no way to ever remove this shit the problem can only ever get worse.
Think of a marble hitting something at mach 20.
Please tell me that you don't actually think the problem will be a physically impenetrable wall.
No, why would you think that outside of what (((hollyweird))) uses as a depiction of Earth orbit junk and satellites? I was saying the exact opposite where there is vast open space with no sizeable objects in them at all.
The problem is micro debris that you can't track and how much of it do you need before it starts impacting your chance of survival. Also there is no way to ever remove this shit the problem can only ever get worse.
The starlink satellites are not broken down into micro-debris yet. Their altitude is low enough that their orbits will decay and burn up in the atmosphere. If they are unresponsive and cannot be boosted into higher orbit to prevent decay, it won't be long before they re-enter and get consumed.
Think of a marble hitting something at mach 20.
That's always been a problem with or without man-made satellites. The important part here is how likely that is to actually happen. How much space do you think there is exactly? It's very big up there and the chances of hitting a marble-sized object moving at high velocity is very, very low. I think you'd win the lottery sooner than get hit by one of those objects.
How much do you know about this issue? Has there been any ideas about deploying satellites using with strong magnets to clean up the debris over time?
How much do you know about this issue?
I'd like to think I'm on the upper end of the totally ignorant self-educated internet anon space engineer spectrum.
I see the issue in basic terms.
Perpetual, as of now there is no feasible technology for "cleaning up space". Aside from the low earth orbit stuff which will eventually self solve (Morbo's point above) we are no longer talking about if space gets polluted but how long that will take.
Magnetic cleanup : Most space debris is probably not magnetic but even if it were I think you would be likely to just keep changing debris trajectory rather than creating clumps of trash.
Tracking : as this stuff smashes together it will get smaller and be harder to track.
Loiter time : even though there isn't a high chance of this happening currently that likelihood will increase with more trash (point 1), the longer you loiter in orbit, and the more traffic. (Bezo's cock rockets)
Space niggers: Someone like Kim Jong is going to lose their shit and trash space to level the tech gap playing field.
Its a challenge, but we can't just accept that at some point it will be impossible to enter or leave earth. Thats retard beta male thinking.
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