The tragedy of the orbital commons: Megaconstellations, space weapons, and debris

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review at 12 Oct, 11:58 UTC

The US military's announcement last month that it has deployed space control weapons has raised new concerns about conflicts that could litter orbits with debris. Alexander William Salter revisits an older paper of his to see how his assessment of the issue stood the test of time.

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• T2The tragedy of the orbital commons: Megaconstellations, space weapons, and debrisSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review12 Oct, 11:58