We’re already out in front of the headlights, so to speak. And I think a major cataclysm of some form will happen in space that will have very long-term consequences.

Moriba Jah, an orbital mechanics expert at the University of Texas at Austin, said of the increasing possibility of collisions as satellites are being dumped into Earth’s atmosphere. The U.S. military’s 18th Space Control Squadron has a catalog of approximately 26,000 objects, which includes the 200 satellites that SpaceX has added to the atmosphere since November. Many experts think that a serious collision is only a matter of time, “But I think it’s going to be reactionary, unfortunately.” (NPR — January 29, 2020)