Telecom Rules!

Picture Near Space as the Shoreline of Outer Space.

Now consider how we treated the Shoreline of Earth’s Oceans before catching on that we had fouled our own nest.

Garbage was swept out of sight and out of mind by streams, rivers, tides and currents.

That was good enough, until our presence became overbearing and the stench caught up with us.

If we fail to wake up, and continue on this same path in Near Space, the consequences will not develop in a long stinky wake-up.

One day, Global Commerce will be interrupted, and the reality of ignoring Space Junk will hit us like a sledge hammer to the temple.

The reminder won’t be poop laden plastic diapers and hypodermic needles strewn along a beautiful beach.

It will be thousands of TelecomSats and their attendant debris ping-ponging through Near Space.

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Even if we escape physical damage from blazing chunks of satellite ping-pong debris, the ensuing economic chaos will be catastrophic.

The only solution will be to hurriedly launch replacement satellites.

Guess what will happen then.

Things will go from ping-pong to chain reaction as more and more pieces of junk are hastily added to the already chaotic mix.

Uncertainty will halt trading, causing Global Money Markets to crash.

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OK, that’s a little far-fetched, and certainly not an immediate issue.

Or, is it?

Telecom Rules!

The instant there is doubt about Telecom’s reliability in time of crisis, crisis will ensue.

I propose that the system is inherently unreliable, and immediate consideration should be given to pre-empting this potentially catastrophic Telecom Crisis.