http://blog.longnow.org/2009/02/27/the-kessler-syndrome/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.longnow.org/2009/02/27/the-kessler-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-6435 Philip Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:53:13 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2009/02/27/the-kessler-syndrome/#comment-6435 .I rarely meet an intelligent person of my generation (30s) who supports the outrageously space program, but it seems to me this is an important long-term project, if for no other reason than that 200 years from now the killer asteroid will arrive. And in 10,000 years other reasons might turn up. .I rarely meet an intelligent person of my generation (30s) who supports the outrageously space program, but it seems to me this is an important long-term project, if for no other reason than that 200 years from now the killer asteroid will arrive. And in 10,000 years other reasons might turn up.

]]> http://blog.longnow.org/2009/02/27/the-kessler-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-6415 Shared Links for Feb 28th at Amateur Earthling Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:53:33 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2009/02/27/the-kessler-syndrome/#comment-6415 [...] The Kessler Syndrome - Another example of unsustainable behavior, without forethought on our parts? The recent collision of two satellites is causing some to wonder if we might be getting close to the threshold at which the debris from such collisions begets more collisions, and more debris, in a runaway process rendering low earth orbit useless for satellites. (tagged: space sustainability non-linear kessler imapcts ) [...] [...] The Kessler Syndrome – Another example of unsustainable behavior, without forethought on our parts? The recent collision of two satellites is causing some to wonder if we might be getting close to the threshold at which the debris from such collisions begets more collisions, and more debris, in a runaway process rendering low earth orbit useless for satellites. (tagged: space sustainability non-linear kessler imapcts ) [...]

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