Indeed, the situation would be a problem for years, but really that’s it. It’s a somewhat light punishment for an absolutely crazy amount of activity in LEO.
Obviously if we had a similar issue in Geostationary orbit, that could permanently stunt humanity’s space activities.
The situation would be a problem for years in LEO only … until a launch destined for beyond LEO gets hit by a piece of Kaptain Ketamine’s debris at just the wrong time and is turned into an expanding ball of wreckage on a trajectory for far higher.
Then suddenly the Ketamine Syndrome expands to full-blown Kessler Syndrome.
Indeed, the situation would be a problem for years, but really that’s it. It’s a somewhat light punishment for an absolutely crazy amount of activity in LEO.
Obviously if we had a similar issue in Geostationary orbit, that could permanently stunt humanity’s space activities.
The situation would be a problem for years in LEO only … until a launch destined for beyond LEO gets hit by a piece of Kaptain Ketamine’s debris at just the wrong time and is turned into an expanding ball of wreckage on a trajectory for far higher.
Then suddenly the Ketamine Syndrome expands to full-blown Kessler Syndrome.
Oopsie.