On 1/21/2018 6:31 AM, Rupert Boleyn wrote:
> 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.

The secret word for today is "Kessler".

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