Sujet : Re: “SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)”
De : dtravel (at) *nospam* sonic.net (Dimensional Traveler)
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On 9/17/2024 5:01 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 9/17/2024 5:51 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
On 2024-09-17, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
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The USA owns LEO right now.
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Didn't we sign a UN treaty in 1963 regarding that?
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Treaty, schmeaty. All things get dropped in case of war.
He who owns the high ground has a huge advantage.
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Does orbit qualify as high ground? You'd think a defining property
of high ground is that things want to move down from there. That
is, if I loosen a rock, it will roll down. If I loosen a rock in
orbit, it will stay in orbit with me.
Only if that rock maintains speed. If that rock slows down, lookout below !
I was thinking more of Jerry Pournelle's old "Rods From The Gods" program.
AKA "Thor's Hammers" and "Flying Crowbars".
-- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.
“SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)”
Re: “SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)”
