Topic: Collisions

[Sarah90]

A lot going on 'up there'.  Apparently: ""COLLIDING SATELLITES: Experts are calling it an "unprecedented event." Two large satellites have collided in Earth orbit. Kosmos 2251 crashed into Iridium 33 on Tuesday, Feb. 10th, approximately 800 km over northern Siberia; both were destroyed.  The resulting clouds of debris contain more than 500 fragments, significantly increasing the orbital debris population at altitudes where the collision occurred."   www.spaceweather.com. 
Am amazed this hasn't happened sooner, and am wondering, as of course must be by everyone else, how this will affect space flight per se, and how on earth (so to speak) it can/will be dealt with.   ::)