TLDR;
A new analysis suggests modern satellite networks could suffer catastrophic collisions within days of losing control during a major solar storm.
Archive: https://archive.today/2iS5D
From the post:
>The phrase “House of Cards” is often associated today with a Netflix political drama, but its original meaning refers to a structure that is inherently unstable. That idea is exactly how Sarah Thiele, who began this work as a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and is now at Princeton, and her co-authors describe today’s satellite mega constellation system in a new study released as a preprint on arXiv.
TLDR;
**A new analysis suggests modern satellite networks could suffer catastrophic collisions within days of losing control during a major solar storm.**
Archive: https://archive.today/2iS5D
From the post:
>>The phrase “House of Cards” is often associated today with a Netflix political drama, but its original meaning refers to a structure that is inherently unstable. That idea is exactly how Sarah Thiele, who began this work as a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and is now at Princeton, and her co-authors describe today’s satellite mega constellation system in a new study released as a preprint on arXiv.