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Space Debris and The Kessler Syndrome: A Possible Future Trapped on Earth: Creon Levit

Long Now: Conversations at The Interval

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Is There a Collision of Probability?

The probability of a big object smashing into the space station is very low. How would you even know if someone was nudging this debris, or if it was just that was how it was headed? I mean, what i'm saying is that there's a collision of probability, and it's getting worse as time goes on. And so you'd make amaneuv. If you're just trying to make debris collide with other debris, that's just terrorism. You're just making a mess.

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