Reposted by James
From our friends at @gristnews.bsky.social: At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. But space is getting crowded.
texasobserver.org
Earth Orbit Is Filling Up with Junk. Greenhouse Gases Worsen the Problem.
By the end of the century, a shrinking atmosphere could create a minefield for satellites, like those deployed by SpaceX's Starlink.
