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New Calculation Finds we are close to the Kessler Syndrome [video]

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93 points cratermoon | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 20:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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benchmarkist ◴[20 Nov 24 21:09 UTC] No.42198125[source]▶
As long as it is militarily and commercially viable then the number of satellites will continue increasing, regardless of what academics have to say about collision rates. As per usual this is a coordination problem and in case people have not noticed nations are becoming less coordinated and more insular.
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akira2501 ◴[20 Nov 24 22:21 UTC] No.42198732[source]▶
> in case people have not noticed nations are becoming less coordinated and more insular.

And what is your yardstick for measuring this? As far as I can tell this is the opposite of true. It's a popular national news meme but I don't believe it's been measured in any reliable way.

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1. jmward01 ◴[21 Nov 24 05:22 UTC] No.42201389[source]▶
I won't comment on the broader point about how insular countries are becoming, but on this specific topic I'd say that the international reaction to global warming, which appears to be a very similar situation, shows exactly how little action is likely to happen.