If we were to destroy everything orbiting earth today, we would probably be out of the Kessler Syndrome it would cause in about a decade. This doesn’t really negate your point - I’m more inclined by the week to believe we are in the midst of a civilizational collapse that will halt our advancement for a millennium or two.
If we were to destroy everything orbiting earth today, we would probably be out of the Kessler Syndrome it would cause in about a decade. This doesn’t really negate your point - I’m more inclined by the week to believe we are in the midst of a civilizational collapse that will halt our advancement for a millennium or two.
Not if you include sats in GEO. While LEO is self-cleaning in the timespan of a few years, stuff in GEO will stay there for millennia.
There isn’t enough there to cause Kessler Syndrome.