[TOMDM]

Because Kessler syndrome means you don't need to hit all 10k yourself.

Lowering the orbits just means that we get back to normal faster, not that the it's impossible.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Kessler syndrome means you don't need to hit all 10k yourself

Kessler is useless for LEO constellations. The timeframes of the cascades exceed the useful lives and dwelling times at those altitudes.

I am not aware of a military solution to prompting a cascade over even a limited area. Instead, you’d use repeated high-atmosphere nuclear detonations to fry birds in a region.

[lijok]

Does Kessler syndrome also mean ICBMs become nonviable?

[Dylan16807]

No.

It's not a wall. The risk from going through a dangerous orbit is much much less than the risk from staying there.

[gpderetta]

I remember a short story about Canada preventing total global annihilation in WWIII, by deliberately triggering Kessler syndrome. My google-fu is failing me though.

[NetMageSCW]

Stop trying to make Kessler syndrome a thing. Kessler syndrome isn’t a thing, and it will never be a thing.

PS The original paper expects the cascade to take decades to centuries. No one can afford to shoot down Starlink except SpaceX.

[pixelpoet]

Stop trying to boss people around, and just make your point with some citations.