Imagine low Earth orbit as the universe’s most overcrowded parking lot, except the cars are satellites going 17,000 mph, and one fender-bender could turn into a demolition derby that lasts centuries. Scientists just dropped the CRASH Clock: if everyone suddenly forgot how to steer (hello, solar storm chaos), we’d have our first smash-up in just 5.5 days. Starlink’s playing bumper cars every two minutes, China’s dodging debris like it’s an obstacle course, and we’re all one bad software glitch away from a real-life Gravity sequel nobody asked for.
CRASH Clock Measures Dangerous Overcrowding in Low Earth Orbit
