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Project West Ford
- ashleyn 8y agoThe thought of just spraying junk like that in space today is harrowing. The Iridium-Cosmos collision in 2009 still has left some 75% of its debris field in orbit.
- walrus01 8y agohey, that's nothing, in the early 1960s they also thought it would be a good idea to nuke space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime
- vezycash 8y agoSee Project A119, a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States Air Force to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon. It would be a show of force to boost domestic morale in the capabilities of the United States after the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race and was also working on a similar project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A119 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A119
- Ftuuky 8y agoReminds me of this comedy skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oml4oz5knaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oml4oz5knaI
- varenc 8y agoYou can see the orbit and current position of needle clumps still in space here: http://stuffin.space/?search=Westford http://stuffin.space/?search=Westford
- hazz99 8y agoWhere can I read more about "bouncing communications off the ionsphere"? I've never heard of this
- icegreentea2 8y agoThe term would be skywave propagation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave Enjoy. It's mind boggling! Oh, and the related over the horizon radar! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar