The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain Engagements [pdf]

Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by zelienople on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:09AM (#24856780)

There is something terribly wrong with a species who, in the infancy of their space travel, spends so much time and effort considering the matter of making war in space.

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by ddxxdd on Thursday October 22, 2020 @09:28AM (#24857749)

To make peace you must prepare for war. Also, it's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by kybernetikos on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:24AM (#24870446)

For a particular definition of 'better' that probably involves survival but not ethics.

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by NikolaeVarius on Thursday October 22, 2020 @09:47AM (#24857928)

Literally anything in space almost by definition is a weapon. Blame physics.

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by HelloNurse on Thursday October 22, 2020 @08:21AM (#24857213)

A species that, in the mature age of their warfare, spends so much time and effort considering the matter of extending war to a new location.

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by dustingetz on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:44PM (#24860834)

acting in an inexploitable way is a nash equilibrium or do we think the aliens don’t understand game theory or evolved without a survival instinct?

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by jeffreyrogers on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:25AM (#24859012)

The history of progress is largely the history of warfare. War pushed technological development and pushed state formation in the direction of ever larger ever more centralized states.

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by mclightning on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:47AM (#24857011)

in comparison to which other species?

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Re:The Physics of Space War: How Orbital Dynamics Constrain ... by filoeleven on Thursday October 22, 2020 @08:13AM (#24857169)

The Daleks. They spend no time at all considering war, they just get on with it.

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