I'm not a Musk fan, and I get that this is a shit post, but there is a large portion of people who have no concept of just how vast that area is, how expensive it is to launch, etc. which prevents us from filling that space.
Kessler Syndrome is a real thing, and the space doesn't have to be filled for it to happen. The more random junk is floating around, the higher risk of collisions.
That's why US and Israeli ships are still transiting the Red Sea because there is only a significant likelihood eventually of being struck by rather than a true saturation of the area 🤔
The ISS already gets regularly struck by very small debris
I'm not a Musk fan, and I get that this is a shit post, but there is a large portion of people who have no concept of just how vast that area is, how expensive it is to launch, etc. which prevents us from filling that space.
Kessler Syndrome is a real thing, and the space doesn't have to be filled for it to happen. The more random junk is floating around, the higher risk of collisions.
That's why US and Israeli ships are still transiting the Red Sea because there is only a significant likelihood eventually of being struck by rather than a true saturation of the area 🤔
The ISS already gets regularly struck by very small debris