Comment on A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

• youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No way that’s cheaper or easier than waiting

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  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    At least not legally

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Who enforces space law?

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      • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        My mind was on the more practical idea of intervening on the ground.

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  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m wondering from a pure academic standpoint here honest. Like What about a laser?

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    • youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Lmao I wish. Satellites and their components have to be “hardened” to survive extreme temperatures and radiation in space. There’s probably nothing on it you could disable with any laser you could buy. Plus there’s the matter of targeting them.

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      • fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Destroying these satellites with lasers poses a similar problem to what happens when you light zombies on fire: the satellites are held in space by their momentum and the reduced atmosphere vs Earth’s gravity. If you break the satellites into pieces via laser, then now you have uncontrolled and unpredictable space junk to deal with. Some of the pieces might return sooner, but what was once a concern is now a problem. Just like a zombie at your door is very concerning, a zombie on fire at your door is an immediate problem.

        Now, what could be interesting would be sending up another satellite that sprays black paint on the sun-facing side of other satellites. The energy absorbed and then exhausted could propel it towards Earth sooner. Maybe? I dunno, I’m just a simple country Fartographer, your honor.

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      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Now with lasers you buy perhaps, what about with the lasers you build?

        In the future where Federal Authority is concentrated on robbing and stealing elsewhere, I cannot imagine a high energy beam could not take these motherfuckers out.

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      • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How rare are these materials that are sending to space? Literally sending rare metals out of our planet. Even if they fall back down to earth. Is it even possible or viable money wise to recover them?

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      • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Good ole brute force is the best method, though, as you said, targeting is a huge problem. Basically you need a low Earth orbit shotgun.

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