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Astronomer watches Starlink satellites sinking to build a 'planetary barometer'

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  1. pclowes · · focus · HN ↗
    Any solid citations for "and has pushed Low Earth Orbit to the brink of the Kessler Syndrome."?

    I would be honestly intrigued but wary of just the usual Elon bad/good so all things he does bad/good narratives.

    If we are on the brink of Kessler Syndrome in LEO I would expect market pricing to reflect that.

    1. embedding-shape · · focus · HN ↗
      > If we are on the brink of Kessler Syndrome in LEO I would expect market pricing to reflect that.

      Wouldn't the market pricing only reflect this after that fact? Up until it happens and no one knows any better, business will continue as usual because otherwise numbers don't go up. Like any past financial crisis, things look fine until they don't.

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