The Kessler Syndrome

[Debi]

Prison Planets: Could the Kessler Syndrome Explain Why We Haven't Heard from Aliens? - The Daily Grail

Could cascading collisions between orbiting satellites and spacecraft create a debris field that locks alien civilisations into their own planets?

www.dailygrail.com

 

[Lynne]

This is something I hadn't thought about, debris cluttering space to cause collisions. I wonder why more damage to the satellites hasn't happened.

 

[Selectric]

This is something I hadn't thought about, debris cluttering space to cause collisions. I wonder why more damage to the satellites hasn't happened.

That's what deflector dishes are for