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harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Kessler syndrome though.

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- harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Oh yeah. I keep forgetting about that. I suppose I need to study it a little more to make it stick.
  
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Do they have those at Walmart?

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- gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  i remember some startup tried to build a slingshot to shoot satellites into orbit with something like a bit catapult. that was 5 years ago, haven’t heard of them since.
  
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- harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Probably. I imagine you could probably get one at a gun show in Texas
  
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