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Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it

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On 06 Sep 2025, jojo <f00@0f0.00f> posted some
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> JTEM wrote:
>> On 9/5/25 5:43 AM, Coal G. Diesel wrote:
>>> NASA space debris expert Don Kessler observed that, once past a 
>>> certain
>>> critical mass, the total amount of space debris will keep on 
>>> increasing:
>>> collisions give rise to more debris and lead to more 
>>> collisions, in a
>>> chain reaction. So Clean Space is seeking not just to cut debris
>>> production from future ESA missions but to reduce the total 
>>> mass of
>>> current debris, such as the robotic salvage of derelict 
>>> satellites. The
>>> task is an urgent one: debris levels have increased 50% in the 
>>> last five
>>> years in low orbit.
>> 
>> I have always, and recently elsewhere, advanced the notion that 
>> there
>> needs to be a U.N. resolution banning all private/commercial
>> exploitation of space.
>> 
>> The problem is that once for-profit ventures are allowed into space,
>> they will do whatever they can to maximize profits. So if doing it
>> right means losing money, they will do it wrong.
>> 
>> And they will set up shop in whatever country that is necessary to
>> get around local laws...
>> 
> 
> space exploration should be #1 priority for every country.

Kamala Harris and Jasmine Crockett have a lot of space you can explore,
between their ears and legs. 

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The Kessler Effect and how to stop it Coal G. Diesel <coal.gas.diesel@trump.org> - 2025-09-05 11:43 +0200
  Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it JTEM <jtem01@gmail.com> - 2025-09-05 12:33 -0400
    Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-09-06 15:04 +0000
      Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it Coal G. Diesel <coal.gas.diesel@trump.org> - 2025-09-07 04:18 +0200
  Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-09-06 15:13 +0000
  Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it Felix <none@not.here> - 2025-09-07 13:46 +1000
    Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it Collie <dawg@the.street> - 2025-09-06 21:39 -0700
      Re: The Kessler Effect and how to stop it jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-09-07 16:41 +0000

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