Talk:Ablation cascade

Original research ?
Ablation cascade has an air of original research, I cannot find any references using the term "Ablation cascade" - nor can I find any sources claiming that it could be triggered by a single collision event. I have added two references of Joel R. Primack to the Kessler Syndrome page, where the concern is militarization, or weaponization, of space, with debris - a situation where some (smaller) powers may opt to deny everybody (larger powers included) safe access to space, by deliberate injection of (substantial quantities?) of obiting debris - this could then trigger a cascade. As I read the papers, the event is clearly larger than the destruction of a single satelite. Power.corrupts (talk) 11:31, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

Today's APOD picture mentions "ablation cascade" in reference to the two satellites that just collided. Don't know if that helps, but it seems to be a legitimate term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucasperkins (talk • contribs) 14:25, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * it does, but the reference is this article. :)  --Mainstreetmark (talk) 18:01, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, the article does seem to be substantially original research. There is a merge discussion going on (see the tag at the top of the article) which suggests merging this heavily-OR article with Kessler Syndrome.  Please weigh in with your thoughts there. N2e (talk) 18:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps such a cascade be triggered from an external stimulus, as in from interstellar space to earth (e.g. shock wave). Or is this only a chain reaction type event which results in messy orbit or re-entry?24.57.126.37 (talk) 22:00, 1 March 2009 (UTC)