fakewokesnowflake
fakewokesnowflake t1_j6lxj3n wrote
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.
Even NASA is working on active debris remediation due to the issues caused by orbital debris
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.
But I am sure the wiki explained all that to you.
fakewokesnowflake t1_j6lyqz6 wrote
Reply to comment by AlpineCorbett in 2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood' by jeffsmith202
The Solwind ASAT Test was the F-15 launched ASAT to low LEO.
It produced debris that orbited for nearly two decades.
ASAT test Visual