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Yes, but not only a swarm, even just a single satellite is a tiny missile that is otherwise invisible in LEO.
by piker 9y ago
Yes, but not only a swarm, even just a single satellite is a tiny missile that is otherwise invisible in LEO.
- everdev 9y agoThen yeah, that seems pretty irresponsible to put other people's property in danger and potentially lives if they're within distance of the ISS.
- outworlder 9y agoAnd what is it made of? These satellites are tiny. Unless they are made of more exotic materials, they will not survive reentry.
- DrScump 9y agothey will not survive reentry That's like saying that stray bullets aren't a problem because they'll stop the first time they hit anything.
- stephengillie 9y agoJust what we need - more heavy metals polluting our air, forming oxides with members of the Actinide and Lanthanide groups from their vaporized processors.