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We would probably do this robotically.

• ethbro 7y ago
  "What do we do when the robotic satellite fails?" "Send another robot!"
  • GlenTheMachine 7y ago
    https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/restore-L.html https://sspd.gsfc.nasa.gov/restore-L.html also https://www.darpa.mil/program/robotic-servicing-of-geosynchronous-satellites https://www.darpa.mil/program/robotic-servicing-of-geosynchr...
    • jvanderbot 7y ago
      Thank you. I was hoping to post these!
  • Buttons840 7y ago
    "What do we do when the L2 point is filled with broken robots?" Could that happen?
    • GlenTheMachine 7y ago
      Unclear. L2 is an unstable Lagrange point, so the robots wouldn't just stay put. But that doesn't mean they would leave, either, necessarily. They could end up in funky Lissajous orbits and go flying through L2 regularly. The orbital mechanics around Lagrange points are weird.