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TIME Investigation: Kessler Cascade Risk ‘CRASH Clock’ Has Fallen to 2.8 Days Aviation
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TIME Investigation: Kessler Cascade Risk ‘CRASH Clock’ Has Fallen to 2.8 Days

The CRASH Clock — a new metric measuring how quickly catastrophic satellite collisions would begin if avoidance maneuvers stopped — has plunged from 121 days in 2018 to just 2.8 days today.

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