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[–] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The actual name of this phenomenon is "the Kepler effect"

Its where the decades of space junk, grow to such a degree that they keep hitting other satellites and becomes the equivalent of a pinball machine with other satellites.

Its a big issue many have tried to solve

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Ok hear me out... MAGNETS

    Hundreds of em all in a big ball. Tie it to a counterweight and then spin that fucker through lower orbit like a skip-it and soak up all the debris!

    Nothing could possibly go wrong.

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