Quick, totally unscientific poll.

[rachelthornsub@famichiki.jp]

@sundogplanets I'm pretty sure I first heard it in Japanese, in the anime "Planetes" (which is literally a whole sci-fi series about this syndrome), so the English pronunciation didn't ring a bell.

[dpfyhrie@fediscience.org]

@sundogplanets

In fairness, I know the term "Kessler syndrome" because I follow you on Mastodon.

[susibryant@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets
I talked about it at a family gathering and no one had heard of it.

I have been suggesting to friends that they go back to mailed copies of bank statements, etc, in case of Kessler Syndrome issues, so we have proof of our financial situation.

I am so grateful for finding you on Mastodon.

[gobabu@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets
Kessler syndrome?
Earth asteroid field?
Defense against alien invasion?

[gilamonster@techhub.social]

@sundogplanets It was a plot point in a miniseries I watched back in the late 1980s

[daswarkeinhuhn@netzkae.se]

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_Twins

[sleet01@fosstodon.org]

@sundogplanets
I'm required to mention Planetes as the work that etched the concept in my brain oh, 23 years back.
At the time I was looking at applying to Tethers Unlimited, Robert L. Forward's electromagnetic propulsion startup, and one of their mission statements was providing a fail-safe de-orbit system for satellites.
The two things in short order really made Kessler Syndrome stick, for me.

[ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social]

@sundogplanets I learned it from following you! Thanks for all your posts - love the science and the goats! ️

[lioh@social.anoxinon.de]

@sundogplanets knew the symptoms, not the name.

[arma_pollo@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets I know the term from the anime series Planetes (2004)

[fonteya@frikiverse.zone]

@sundogplanets From "Planetes"!

[topazrabbit@oldbytes.space]

@RachelThornSub @sundogplanets Planetes is a top-tier anime, I think I knew about it beforehand but the series made the problems way more clear.

[neutronstar@infosec.exchange]

@Lioh @sundogplanets
I did too, I really hope this isn’t what the future holds for us.

Just last year I took a photograph of the night sky and managed to capture several satellites in just one picture. The results of what even more satellites would look like frightens me

[avirr@sfba.social]

@sundogplanets Re-learned the meaning, again

[softspeak@defcon.social]

@sundogplanets

Being honest here, I was about to click "Yes, I've Known a while" confident that I knew what it was, then I stopped myself looked it up and realized I'm wrong.

Confidence of fools, I actually believed I knew what it was.

[heyray@social.tchncs.de]

@sundogplanets
@RachelThornSub
@TopazRabbit
@sleet01
@arma_pollo
@fonteya

Just awesome how many people mentioned that very Manga / Anime about some „simple garbage men“ in space 🥰

[steven@indieweb.social]

@sundogplanets I only knew it from Kerbal Space Program

[morgan@sfba.social]

@sundogplanets weird, I can select an option (never heard of it) but the VOTE button is un-action-able.

[arem@mstdn.ca]

@sundogplanets I picked up Kessler Cascade from Schlock Mercenary, specifically from a large number of mirror satellites orbiting earth in a ring, and used for advertising. They were also hijacked to point all their light at once place.