How Many Satellites Are Currently In Orbit?

More than I thought.
MaxWildersays...

>> ^Sagemind:

Oh Hell, Really?
How can they launch a rocket or another space mission with that much debris lingering out there blocking the way?


Imagine you had only 13,000 people on the planet Earth, evenly spaced all over. And you know the exact position of each person. Do you think it would still be safe to drive with all those people in the way?

Like the Guide says... "Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."

gwiz665says...

Indeed. They are not to scale.
>> ^MaxWilder:

>> ^Sagemind:
Oh Hell, Really?
How can they launch a rocket or another space mission with that much debris lingering out there blocking the way?

Imagine you had only 13,000 people on the planet Earth, evenly spaced all over. And you know the exact position of each person. Do you think it would still be safe to drive with all those people in the way?
Like the Guide says... "Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."

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