Growing Concerns Over Space Debris & Kessler Syndrome
The increasing accumulation of space debris in Earth's orbit is raising alarms among scientists and space agencies, who warn of the potential onset of the Kessler Syndrome—a scenario where the density of objects in low Earth orbit leads to a cascade of collisions, rendering space activities and satellite operations perilous. The Kessler Syndrome, proposed by NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, describes a situation where space debris collisions generate more debris, exponentially increasing the…
