Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoSpaceX plan for 1 million orbiting AI data centers could ruin astronomy, scientists saywww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up154
arrow-up154external-linkSpaceX plan for 1 million orbiting AI data centers could ruin astronomy, scientists saywww.space.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days ago 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. 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.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThere isn’t enough there to cause Kessler Syndrome.
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.