Yep - taken to the logical conclusion you get an 'ablation cascade' that would essentially render low Earth orbit useless (note - 'useless' would mean effectively useless for satellites, due to increased risk of collision, not some sort of impenetrable barrier): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Yep - taken to the logical conclusion you get an 'ablation cascade' that would essentially render low Earth orbit useless (note - 'useless' would mean effectively useless for satellites, due to increased risk of collision, not some sort of impenetrable barrier): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...