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Virgin Galactic Unveils Design For SpaceShipTwo
- danw 19y agothe ability to launch low-earth satellites that could literally take some of the heat out of the planet, by serving as a repository for information technology. Reminds me of a very hypothetical idea I heard about a few years ago. Some hackers wanted to create a hybrid communications satellite/web server that could host content outside of any legal juristiction. Could you imagine the RIAA trying to shut down that BitTorrent Tracker?
- kirubakaran 19y agoWhile this is great for free speech etc, how can something that is out of legal jurisdictions be defended? What if RIAA decides to point a high power laser at it?
- dcurtis 19y agoThe RIAA has high powered lasers? I somehow doubt that line item would be approved by the member companies.
- kirubakaran 19y agoYou are taking my example rather literally :-) My original question stands: How do you defend something that is not protected by governments?
- danw 19y agoQuite simply, you can't. You only get the benefits of no law and government alongside the downsides of no infrastructure and protection. I guess with your laser example other satellite owners, including governments would be peeved due to the debris. This would likely lead to stricter rules about space being drawn up.
- daniel-cussen 19y agoGovernments might start claiming space like they claimed coasts in the 50s.
- Xichekolas 19y agoNo... but I can imagine them shutting down the earthside receiving station...
- hwork 19y agoIt's interesting how much more captivating this is compared to anything NASA is doing currently. The rovers are cool, the fly-bys neat, hubble upgrades, etc. But this (and similar ventures) put real, albeit rich and crazy, people into space and that's so... cool. It's tangible.