Talk:Kessler Syndrome

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Added link in references to Planet ES 71.214.248.99 19:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)SYONYK

Maybe at some point we could work in "Planetes" the anime, which refers to the Kessler Syndrome. (this comment by User:Cyde)


I've rewritten parts of the article and brought it more into line with Wikipedia:Guide to layout (and added reference to Planetes), but it still reads a little too conversationally for an encyclopedia entry.

Also, I tried to find a proper reference to Donald Kessler's work, but had no luck, just a few articles mentioning or quoting him. I know Kessler Syndrome is a legitimate, acknowledged term, but the article really needs a reference to the paper or publication in which the scenario was first described, if indeed it originated in print. Heliocentric 21:31, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Donald Kessler wrote a paper, "Collisional cascading: The limits of population growth in low earth orbit", Advances in Space Research, Volume 11, Number 12, 1991, pg 63-66. I can't find the article online, without requiring a subscription to a service. I've read the article, but it doesn't talk about a "syndrome". I suspect someone coined the phrase after reading the paper. -Taka2007 06:19, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

The example syndrome-causing collision sounds like it came from Planetes. The anime is meticulous in its science, but could we still get some figures? --Kizor 15:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

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