fakewokesnowflake t1_j6lxj3n wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:45 AM

Reply to comment by glibgloby in 2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood' by jeffsmith202

I was at the Space Resiliency Forum in December, and the DoD is certainly taking it seriously…

Also some pretty brilliant folks around space seem to be taking it seriously: McKnight et al.

ESA

Even NASA is working on active debris remediation due to the issues caused by orbital debris

NASA

NASA ADRV

Sure, we could likely still launch to MEO and beyond just fine, but the ISS orbits at 400km. Orbital reef is set to orbit at 500km. We would completely lose sustained human presence in LEO for up to hundreds of years.

Decay by altitude

But I am sure the wiki explained all that to you.

glibgloby t1_j6msjxv wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:15 PM

The wiki does explain all of that. Even I explained most of that in my actual post.

That’s cool you went to a forum though I guess.

klokkert1 t1_j6nmmz7 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:44 PM

Thank you! I was thinking about this earlier today, how long does it stay in orbit. A lot longer than I thought it would be.