[ExI] [Extropolis] The Starlink-Ukraine Scandal, Phase 2

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 10:54 AM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> A Kessler meltdown doesn’t reduce everything to dust however, or not in our lifetimes, which is why it is a very bad thing.  The orbit of the very small particles will decay quickly, but the kinds of debris from satellite collisions could hang up there messing up astrophotography for several decades.  I don’t have several decades or longer.

If Kessler happens, there are ways to clean it up.  If properly
funded, it wouldn't even take a decade; the biggest risk, if Kessler
happens, is that everyone would give up on orbit and no one would be
willing to pay for cleanup.  "No bucks, no Buck Rogers" remains true.