On 22Jan2018 0311, Jerry Barrington wrote:
> Correct, it might or ir might not, altho the odds are much less than
> 50:50.  But the objects at suborbital speeds are virtually guaranteed to
> collide, much *more* than 50:50.  That makes things in proper orbits
> less likely to collide, exactly what your original statement suggested
> was irrational to expect.

In a busy orbital space *no* orbit is safe unless checked against the
orbits of every object around that body, whether you're in a powered
'orbit' or not.

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