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Get Ready for the "Kessler Syndrome" to Wreck Outer Space

Space junk in orbit is looking to become our next ecological mess

 
Clive Thompson
 

Clive Thompson

 

3 days ago*7 min read

[0]Illustration of a satellite breaking up, via the European Space
Agency

Back in 1978, the astrophysicist Donald Kessler made an alarming
prediction: Space junk could wreck our ability to keep satellites
aloft.

In a fascinating paper, Kessler noted that "low earth orbit" -- a
region between 99 miles and...