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One thing like this could destroy many satellites that would then add their own shrapnel to an ever increasing cloud that could permanently destroy our ability to maintain any sort of presence in orbital space.Destroying satellites could cause chaos.
That map is actually NOT to scale... it maps objects that vary in size between a couple of centimeters to those the size of The Hubble. A map of the Sahara Desert would be vastly more dense with objects of that size.
Additionally, the surface area of The Earth is a paltry 510 million square kilometers... the total volume of Low Earth Orbit is around ONE TRILLION CUBIC kilometers.
That's a lot of space to look for a 2cm piece of tinfoil.
With the huge mass of the earth, there was no way they could make those satellites to scale. You wouldn't be able to see them.
But you get the idea of how crowded the space is around the earth.
No, if you do the math*, it's very clear just how vastly UNCROWDED space is ... it is emptier by several orders of magnitude than the most remote part of The Earth.
* and I haven't even calculated the cubic area out to geosynchronous orbit, as shown in your graphic.
Just stop already. I know you're trying to trick me into supporting Israel's program to put 1,000 Jewish Space Lasers in orbit. Stop it now, or I'll release secret evidence that shows you Hebrews were behind the Lincoln assassination, I say.
Some will go out of their way.That's a lot of space to look for a 2cm piece of tinfoil.
Hell, we already have Elron Musk about to flood space with over 30,000 satellites. And Amazon will be launching another 3,000 or so for their own Global Internet program.
You could fit every other planet in the solar system between Earth and the moon.Not a flood, but a relative drop in the ocean...
... space is really, really big.
Not a flood, but a relative drop in the ocean...
... space is really, really big.