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"Low" is tough to say until someone does some proper sort of 'true mapping' of space debris in the range somehow. Protection would require a lot of complexity and cost due to the need for shielding and the delta-v to move it up there.


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JumpCrisscross11/21/2024

> until someone does some proper sort of 'true mapping' of space debris in the range somehow

You look at which satellites poofed and then figure out the maximum extent their debris could have drifted.

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vlovich12311/21/2024

Rather than protection on each rocket, couldn't you just send a bunch of fortified rockets that absorb the debris during a collision but don't emit anything. Do that a few times and then all other rockets just reuse the path that was cut?

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