from the comments on the tweet, it seems the main issue from a collision would be that it would create a lot of debris that'll stay in the atmosphere and make launching a satellite almost impossible
Yep, that's Kessler syndrome. A chain reaction of satellite fragments hitting each other, creating a hail of debris that means any spaceship travelling through it gets blown to pieces. We'd be trapped on Earth for decades while we cleaned it up.
However, even a catastrophic Kessler scenario at LEO would pose minimal risk for launches continuing past LEO, or satellites travelling at medium Earth orbit (MEO) or geosynchronous orbit (GEO). The catastrophic scenarios predict an increase in the number of collisions per year, as opposed to a physically impassable barrier to space exploration that occurs in higher orbits.
from the comments on the tweet, it seems the main issue from a collision would be that it would create a lot of debris that'll stay in the atmosphere and make launching a satellite almost impossible
Yep, that's Kessler syndrome. A chain reaction of satellite fragments hitting each other, creating a hail of debris that means any spaceship travelling through it gets blown to pieces. We'd be trapped on Earth for decades while we cleaned it up.
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Forgive my tiny peanut brain but couldn’t we use a big old magnet or something
titanium is weakly magnetic so that probably wouldn't work. but damn man, fucking magnets? how do they work?
Space is very big. Very very big.
Your tiny peanut brain is encouraged to watch this entertaining and informative video on this very interesting and complex subject
idk about trapped