Space debris

[czokletmuss]

Recently there was another proof that space junk is becoming more and more a problem for everybody.

[Conarr]

As I understand it, there have already been a couple collisions on orbit already. Most of them have been fairly minor (like a piece of paint hitting a comms satellite), but as more collisions occur the problem will obviously be exacerbated by any new debris generated from those collisions.

[Xeldrak]

Yeah, most colissions up to now were minor, altough we had a full-fledged satellite collision in 2009. So, I'd say it's the chances of having a ablation cascade is becomming a real problem.

[Conarr]

Yeah, most colissions up to now were minor, altough we had a full-fledged satellite collision in 2009. So, I'd say it's the chances of having a ablation cascade is becomming a real problem.

Thanks for the wiki article on ablation cascade. I love reading stuff like this.