| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago | |
> wonder if there's a limit to space junk beyond which leaving the Earth in a space shuttle becomes impossible There is. We don't have the industrial capacity, as a species, to do it. | ||
| ▲ | m4rtink 6 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Not to mention low orbit being self cleaning and higher orbits being exponentially more space. You can map the junk with radar & plot the launch to avoid it. | ||