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How is Starship related to Brilliant Pebbles? It's Starlink that seems to prove that you can put a constellation of satellites in the tens of thousands affordab
by ridewinter 7y ago
How is Starship related to Brilliant Pebbles? It's Starlink that seems to prove that you can put a constellation of satellites in the tens of thousands affordably. That's the type of coverage that Brilliant Pebbles needs to succeed, right?
- Tuna-Fish 7y agoStarlink launched by F9 proves that it can be done in principle, but it would take long enough to deploy that a response can be formulated before it's actually online. The reason Starship is the threat is that the kind of launch capability needed for a mars colonial fleet, and the turnaround times advertised by Musk, mean that such a missile shield could be manufactured in secret and then deployed in a few hours.