First India, now Russia. These antisatellite tests are bad for humanity if we ever wish to be a space-faring species. Adding more uncontrolled debris is just beyond reckless.
First India, now Russia. These antisatellite tests are bad for humanity if we ever wish to be a space-faring species. Adding more uncontrolled debris is just beyond reckless.
There is a perpetual threat that someone (probably the USA TBH) is going to weaponize a satellite. Until we can all agree that space should be immune from terrestrial warfare problems I don't see...
There is a perpetual threat that someone (probably the USA TBH) is going to weaponize a satellite. Until we can all agree that space should be immune from terrestrial warfare problems I don't see this going away anytime soon.
Although discovering a way to destroy satellites by forcing them into the atmosphere could prove very useful at helping to eliminate such debris, but I suspect that is a long ways off.
I don't think it's all that far off. It'd be pretty easy to just waltz up to any given satellite and do.... whatever you want to it. The tricky part is not being noticed. Weird thing about Earth...
I don't think it's all that far off. It'd be pretty easy to just waltz up to any given satellite and do.... whatever you want to it. The tricky part is not being noticed. Weird thing about Earth orbit is, literally everyone can see what you're doing and at the same time, can't do anything to stop you because everything is so far apart.
First India, now Russia. These antisatellite tests are bad for humanity if we ever wish to be a space-faring species. Adding more uncontrolled debris is just beyond reckless.
There is a perpetual threat that someone (probably the USA TBH) is going to weaponize a satellite. Until we can all agree that space should be immune from terrestrial warfare problems I don't see this going away anytime soon.
Although discovering a way to destroy satellites by forcing them into the atmosphere could prove very useful at helping to eliminate such debris, but I suspect that is a long ways off.
I don't think it's all that far off. It'd be pretty easy to just waltz up to any given satellite and do.... whatever you want to it. The tricky part is not being noticed. Weird thing about Earth orbit is, literally everyone can see what you're doing and at the same time, can't do anything to stop you because everything is so far apart.
Citation* - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92LDtH2ZB-w
* Not really a citation