On Sep 25, 10:41*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:

Sooner or later a space trash recovery system will have to be put in
operation. hopefully before LEO becomes unusable.....

Don't be silly. *LEO is mostly 'self-clearing'. *Orbits decay and the
stuff comes down.

Once again, Bobbert will explain to us how the sky is falling....

--
"Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is
*only stupid."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * -- Heinrich Heine

self cleaning it is BUT at theres a tipping point where debris can be
generated faster than orbital decay creating a cloud of junk that will
endanger not only satellites but things like ISS, and more importandly
endanger new launches all of which must pass thru LEO....

one LEO earth orbit test or a satellite explosion for any reason is a
real hazard. since according to a shuttle FDO the debris will spread
somewhat evenly.

years ago a paint speck off a russian vehicle nearly put a hole in a
shuttle windshield.

imagine a soyuz capsule being taken out by a piece of debris too small
to track..........