Reflect Orbital and SpaceX have filed proposals with the US Federal Communications Commission that threaten ground-based astronomy. We submitted replies and collaborated with the UK Royal Astronomical Society & the International Astronomical Union for their responses. 1/
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Anti satellite technology is a developing field. IIRC, China shot down one of their own satellites, maybe a decade ago. I wonder if we can commission their anti-satellite missile capabilities?
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No, but I can guess. I'm familiar with the Kessler effect and the likely effects of a missile interception of a satellite in a stable orbit. I think you're mistaking my joke about paying China to shoot down satellites for a real suggestion.
A much more expensive orbital drone that nudges satellites into decaying orbits might be something that could actually work.
Stopping the mad capitalists before they launch their hell mirror is obviously the best bet.
Now I read my toot again, it doesn't read as a joke. In my head it was so obviously absurd that anyone would hire a nation state to take potshots at the sky - that was the humour.
How about this gag, "Define the Kessler effect."
"When a shotgun and a railgun have a baby, and baby wants to play with your thing in orbit. And your thing in orbit becomes just like baby. And if any of it could be on fire, it would be on fire. Also, it's like that for centuries."
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