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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/IOJFGVLHWLKDFSOJBU4YHL6I67B5CDUV/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "5087FF5532BE7747BA5F019210C922534DBCE4C3@CWEXMB01.ccbc.ccbcmd.edu", "message_id_hash": "IOJFGVLHWLKDFSOJBU4YHL6I67B5CDUV", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/IOJFGVLHWLKDFSOJBU4YHL6I67B5CDUV/", "sender": { "address": "MDAVIDOFF (a) ccbcmd.edu", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Davidoff, Martin R.", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Odd Question (answer)", "date": "2013-09-24T14:44:30Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "I don't know much about colliding dots but ..\n \nThe volume of space from surface of earth up to about 200 km is roughly 1 to the 20th (cubic meters).\nThe volume of a spherical spacecraft with a diameter of 5 meters (slightly larger than a cubesat) is about 500 (cubic meters).\nAssuming 10,000 of these spacecraft orbiting earth (a bit of an overestimate) we have a total volume of 5 times 10 to the 6th (cubic meters).\n\nAt any instant the chance of randomly introducing a new object into an occupied position is on the order of 1/2 times 10 to the -13th power.\n\nOf course I have omitted a few important details (and I haven't checked my arithmetic) but since this is about 10 to the 7th less than the odds of being hit by lightening if one lives to be 100 I wouldn't worry about it too much (however, I would take reasonable precautions with lightening). \n\nK2ubc\n", "attachments": [] }