https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531069 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:42:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531069 Phil Plait over at Bad Astronmy has a good write up about the collision and the recent fireball.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531068 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:43:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531068 I assume that these bits are going slower and/or burned up before they hit the airplanes, and airplanes are going kinda slow also. But the relative velocities of space dibris still in orbit and satellites or space stations in orbit can be enormous.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531067 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:15:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531067 It sounds to me like you’ve got the best opinion of a debris guy (Johnson) up against the statement to reporters of an ISS chief (Solovyov). All other things being equal, I’ll take Johnson’s numbers.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531066 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:48:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531066 At what point does this become dangerous for airline flying? Debris falling from the sky, an amount consistent enough to warrant serious concern?

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531065 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:22:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531065 A short bit in the news was about space debris falling in Texas just in the last few days. The report hinted that it was probably from the satellite collision. I am sceptical that it would be coming down this soon.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531064 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:32:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/02/15/satellite-debris/#comment-531064 Jeffrey Lewis over at armscontrolwonk was been on this issue for years, and has had a lot of useful commentary over there the last few days.

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