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Can these things be tested in space? Instead of doing a test on earth, push something way out to space and test it, what would the impact be on earth if it was
by coder1001 7y ago
Can these things be tested in space? Instead of doing a test on earth, push something way out to space and test it, what would the impact be on earth if it was far away?
- jasonjayr 7y agoProbably yes, and probably safely once in space, but the difficulty is that it has to travel from the ground through the atmosphere to get to space, and sometimes rockets fail on the way up, creating a bigger problem when they fall back down.
- martin_a 7y agoThis is also the solution for nuclear waste: Just send it on a direct course to the sun and the problem will solve itself. But getting it reliably on that route is the (still) problematic thing.
- wrkronmiller 7y agoThe effect would be a massive EMP damaging infrastructure over hundreds or thousands of miles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime