New Scientist (6 October 2022)

Space adverts are now economically viable but potentially dangerous

“The spaceflight risk from debris related to these objects is considerable,” says John Barentine of Dark Sky Consulting, a company based in Tucson, Arizona. “Left derelict in orbits with long lifetimes, every single object becomes a potential ‘bullet’ that threatens every other object in similar orbits. Any one might set off a catastrophic cascade of debris generation.”

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