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  • M Mike Hankey

    I knew there was a lot out there but...MSN[^]

    "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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    Mircea Neacsu
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    If you want a longer read on the subject (slightly dated): The Elusive Peril of Space Junk | The New Yorker[^]

    Mircea

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    • M Mike Hankey

      Deep subject

      "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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      jmaida
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      :) easy one

      "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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        If you want a longer read on the subject (slightly dated): The Elusive Peril of Space Junk | The New Yorker[^]

        Mircea

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        jmaida
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        Just getting worse.

        "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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        • M Mike Hankey

          Kinda like this[^]

          "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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          BernardIE5317
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          Thanks. Very amusing. It put a smile on my face.

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          • J jmaida

            Regulation of added debris is a must. Space is big but not unlimited unless you go really deep.

            "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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            trønderen
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            The problem is that we want that junk to be there! Well ... not as junk. But we are very excited about those operations leaving junk up there. For example: Which IT guy is critical to StarLink, planning up to 42,000 satellites in space, because it contributes to the space junk? Which free-market, free-competition guy is negatative when five competitors to StarLink each want to put another set of 40-50,000 satellites in the sky? We are not willing to sacrifice unlimited communication capacity just to reduce the amount of space junk. We are not willing to sacrifice free competition just to reduce the amount of space junk.

            Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.

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            • M Mike Hankey

              I knew there was a lot out there but...MSN[^]

              "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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              MarkTJohnson
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              Hey with the amount of debris out there, could the cumulative shadow of the stuff reduce the amount of solar radiation hitting the Earth thereby reducing the effect of global warming? ;P

              I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

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                Hey with the amount of debris out there, could the cumulative shadow of the stuff reduce the amount of solar radiation hitting the Earth thereby reducing the effect of global warming? ;P

                I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

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                Mike Hankey
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                Possibly, we ain't done yet!

                "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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                • M MarkTJohnson

                  Hey with the amount of debris out there, could the cumulative shadow of the stuff reduce the amount of solar radiation hitting the Earth thereby reducing the effect of global warming? ;P

                  I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.

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                  dandy72
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                  Space is big. Really big. It's not like you can reach the outer stratosphere, take a look around, and see a debris field. This is not entirely unlike the so-called plastic garbage patch ("the size of Texas") floating around in the Pacific. Have you seen an actual picture of it?

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                  • T trønderen

                    The problem is that we want that junk to be there! Well ... not as junk. But we are very excited about those operations leaving junk up there. For example: Which IT guy is critical to StarLink, planning up to 42,000 satellites in space, because it contributes to the space junk? Which free-market, free-competition guy is negatative when five competitors to StarLink each want to put another set of 40-50,000 satellites in the sky? We are not willing to sacrifice unlimited communication capacity just to reduce the amount of space junk. We are not willing to sacrifice free competition just to reduce the amount of space junk.

                    Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.

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                    jmaida
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                    I agree. The new stuff will probably have to be able to dodge debris if staying long in orbit.

                    "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                    • M Mike Hankey

                      I knew there was a lot out there but...MSN[^]

                      "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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                      User 4580218
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                      The animation is not to scale. Increase the size of the parts further and it will look even scarier. Decrease the size of the parts till they are to scale and you won't see anything as they are all far smaller than a pixel.

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                      • M Mike Hankey

                        I knew there was a lot out there but...MSN[^]

                        "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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                        Paul Kemner
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                        Planetes (2003)- Excellent anime series dealing with Kessler Syndrome and debris collection: PlanetES Trailer - YouTube[^]

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                        • M Mike Hankey

                          I knew there was a lot out there but...MSN[^]

                          "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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                          MikeTheFid
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                          We ought to send up a giant horseshoe magnet and just pull the debris out as a cloud between the sun and the earth like a beach umbrella to mitigate climate change. Brilliant, right?!? Right?!?

                          Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.

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                          • M Mike Hankey

                            I knew there was a lot out there but...MSN[^]

                            "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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                            BernardIE5317
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                            [SPACE IS BIG] [SPACE IS DARK] [ITS HARD TO FIND ...] [.. A PLACE TO PARK] Burma Shave

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                            • M Mike Hankey

                              Space exploration is just the search for another planet we can move to when there's nothing left to destroy on this one.

                              "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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                              TNCaver
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                              That's too cynical for me. Space exploration is becoming focused on mining resources elsewhere besides our planet.

                              There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
                                 - Thomas Sowell

                              A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
                                 - Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)

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                              • B BernardIE5317

                                [SPACE IS BIG] [SPACE IS DARK] [ITS HARD TO FIND ...] [.. A PLACE TO PARK] Burma Shave

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                                Mike Hankey
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                                Now that's funny, I don't care who you are. Larry the cable guy

                                "Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.3.1 JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator

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