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by froh 2636 days ago
I had to look it up... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

The Kessler syndrome (also called the Kessler effect,[1][2] collisional cascading or ablation cascade), proposed by the NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade where each collision generates space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions.

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> I had to look it up...

You're a disappointment as a nerd. As penance, go watch Planetes.

He's one of today's lucky 10000. No insults please, Tanabe-san would be disappointed.