SATCON1 Report on Impact of Satellite Constellations on Astronomy

Re:SATCON1 Report on Impact of Satellite Constellations on A... by shadowgovt on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:53PM (#24287153)

I mean, I already live under the constant threat of nuclear armageddon from "conventional" ICBMs. So if you're going to suspend kill vehicles over my head that can also save the world from an asteroid... There's gonna be a lot of international politics to work out, but I'm not gonna be the one stopping you. ;)

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Re:SATCON1 Report on Impact of Satellite Constellations on A... by renewiltord on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:04PM (#24287239)

I've got to be honest. I'm not going to bother with the asteroid part. I'm just going to tell you that what they're for. After all, you can't check.

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Re:SATCON1 Report on Impact of Satellite Constellations on A... by shadowgovt on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:13PM (#24287340)

There's lots of things I can't check. I delegate.

I would assume the "working out the international politics" part includes "a multinational effort among nuclear-armed countries that spot-checks the kill vehicles can actually do the thing claimed to do."

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