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0 pointsschiffern3y ago0 comments

>It’s a comment about how full it is

Why is that "scary," though?

It's not like "running out of room" is a plausible risk. Kessler Syndrome limits you long before that.

>Risk is not very high. It is managed adequately and the legislation is properly anticipating current developments

See my edit to parent, and watch the video (especially the future simulations). The situation is far from "managed adequately" IMO.

This has been fun, and I sense we're starting to go in circles (no pun intended). My upvotes, for being such a good sport. Cheers!

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tshaddox3y ago· 1 in thread

> Why is that "scary," though? It's not like "running out of room" is a plausible risk. Kessler Syndrome limits you long before that.

Seems like we’re going in circles here. Kessler syndrome is about collisions. But one can be concerned about the fullness of a medium without the risk of collisions being the primary concern. This is the case for everyday things like road traffic, restaurant lines, etc.

schiffernOP3y ago

>Seems like we’re going in circles here.

That's what I said...

>This is the case for everyday things like road traffic, restaurant lines, etc.

Bad analogy. The "fullness" of space behaves in a way that's precisely unlike those 'common sense' scenarios.

Collisions are the limiting factor in this domain. If you're not considering collisions, you're not accurately capturing the idea of "fullness."

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