Awesome Astronomy - 3 Days to Lose LEO

Paul Hill and Dr. Jenifer "Dr. Dust" Millard host.

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So it looks like Low Earth Orbit is not just crowded but a disaster waiting to happen trapping humanity on this planet for a very long time…

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Space_debris_by_the_numbers

https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643

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