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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by pohl on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:16PM (#29489062)
How would a space force take possession of a lagrage point, though, without creating a permanent field of dangerous debris?
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by m4rtink on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:24PM (#29490724)
AFAIK Lagrange points are not fully stable, so any debris cloud will likely disperse into the Solar orbit, which is kinda big.
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by cgriswald on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:43PM (#29489451)
None of the ideas in the sibling comments (to my post) will work, because they ignore the fact that enemies will employ counter-measures which may cause debris to be formed. In the extreme case, a nation's military may decide to deny the area to anyone rather than lose their own access, intentionally creating such a debris field.
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by ericbarrett on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:49PM (#29493933)
You'd have to fill the volume of at 25,000 Earths (or more, that's just my napkin math), where orbits aren't stable for more than a year or two, with enough debris to hit something a few meters across. No using explosions to do this either because debris with more than a few m/s aberrant velocity would be ejected from the Lagrange point even faster. Seems unlikely.
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by cgriswald on Saturday December 11, 2021 @03:05PM (#29523798)
The entire thing is unlikely. I'm just pointing out that you can't claim space 'cleanly' when your adversaries are actively opposing your claim. To play devil's advocate further though:

As the 'defender' you likely don't need stable orbits. A year or two of denial might buy you what you want. You also don't need to ensure a collision against a single small target, you just need enough debris to make use of the area cost prohibitive in terms of risk.

Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by xyzzyz on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:18PM (#29489098)
Rendezvous, attach booster, and deorbit, or just fly away?
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe by simcop2387 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:25PM (#29489177)
Only reasonable way at the moment would be some kind of satellite capture system that nobody has publicly demonstrated.