Subj : Re: The James Webb Space Telescope
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Dec 28 2021 11:23 am

Hi August,

On 2021-12-27 19:28:00, you wrote to me:

 WvV>> ... compared to the low earth orbits.

 AA> No Kidding..  I just read THIS in the news:

 AA>  "China RAGES at Elon Musk after space station near miss with
 AA>  Starlink satellite

 AA>  "China complained to UN in a diplomatic note, its space
 AA>  station had to take evasive action to avoid collision with
 AA>  satellites launched by the billionaire's Starlink program.
 AA>  (SCMP)

 AA>  "Satellites from Starlink Internet Services, had two "close
 AA>  encounters" with the Chinese space station, according to a
 AA>  document submitted to the UN Space Agency.

 AA>  "For safety reasons, the China Space Station implemented
 AA>  preventive collision avoidance control," China said in the
 AA>  document.

 AA> This is only going to get worse as things get crowded up there.

Yes this is a real problem. Some think the Kessler Syndrome has already begun. :-(

Bye, Wilfred.

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