jerryc41 wrote:
SpaceX is expected to lose about forty satellites as the result of a recent solar mass ejection. A potential huge CME has been in the news quite a bit lately because the whole world relies on electronics. The 1859 Carrington Event was a huge CME that set telegraph stations on fire and destroyed telegraph wires. Such an even today could put civilization on hold for decades as we wait for new transformers and electronics to be made.
Even with bad weather, earthquakes, and volcanoes, people on earth have been very lucky that they haven't attacked from outer space.
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