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Another Jeff Bezos company has announced plans to develop a megaconstellation (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 months ago by burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the novel The Cassini Division by Ken McLeod where space launches are no longer possible after a runaway ablation effect turned Earth’s near orbit into a lethal debris field.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

The Kessler effect is the basis of quite a few cool stories. I wish this all stayed science fiction, but apparently no, we really want to go through it.