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serfyesterday at 11:55 PM2 repliesview on HN

a new hot take spotted : newtonian physics isn't a thing.

let's see how well the freeways work once we stop cleaning up after the accidents.


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NetMageSCWyesterday at 11:59 PM

I see you haven’t read the paper. How long do you think Kessler syndrome is projected to take? How long do you think natural clearing of debris at Starlink’s altitudes is?

panick21_today at 12:50 AM

Freeways are not 3 dimensional and they don't have an automatic cleanup that cleans up things within a pretty short time. Also area we are talking about is fucking gigantic. Also accidents are going to be very rare as sats deorbit themselves end of live and even if they break and can't move anymore, other sats that can still move can evade them.