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Oh that's great. Now I can better aim my Elon-Sattelite-fryer device. I already collected 25 old microwave ovens which I plan to operate as phased array to pro

by sprash 7y ago

Oh that's great. Now I can better aim my Elon-Sattelite-fryer device. I already collected 25 old microwave ovens which I plan to operate as phased array to produce a collimated beam of microwaves directed at the satellites to fry their electronics. I might have a better chance If know the exact frequency their receivers are tuned to. Does anybody know more? The reckless littering of our precious LEO must end here!

zaroth 7y ago
The FCC would like a word. Damn those billionaires and their... global high speed satellite internet access, right?
- Consultant32452 7y ago
  I work remotely and would love to live in a rural area but I'm largely tethered to suburbia for the internet speeds. I can't express how excited I am at the possibilities coming from satellite internet.
- sprash 7y ago
  The FCC has no jurisdiction where I live.
labster 7y ago
The FTC would like a word. This sounds like you are invoking Kessler Syndrome in LEO to protect the geostationary monopolies. Totally violates antitrust law.
CrazyStat 7y ago
Frying perfectly good satellites so they can't be maneuvered or deorbited sounds like a great way to recklessly litter LEO.
- p1mrx 7y ago
  The nice thing about LEO is that everything deorbits automatically.
nradov 7y ago
I'm sure you're joking, but it isn't physically possible to produce a collimated microwave beam that way.
sprash 7y ago
For all the downvoters: it was a joke. But since this is "Hacker" News it should be the perfect place to hypothesize about potential attack vectors and penetration testing. Any rogue nation could easily endanger the whole enterprise and with the resurgence of nationalism those scenarios are more a matter of when, not if.
- cookiecaper 7y ago
  fwiw, I appreciated it. I just wrote this in a separate forum: > don't miss out on this chance to see Elon Musk's secret plans for world domination before he goes full megalomaniacal evil Iron Man, when we can still naively look up in the sky and pretend it's nice While I'm sure this is mostly not-that-likely, I totally agree that a discussion about the vulnerability of such systems would be intriguing. What kind of cyberpunk future are we developing as a check against the inevitability of some billionaire's less-than-wholesome private interstellar armament? I'm sure such a discussion may provide a modicum of comfort to Johnny Depp's ex-wives, at least.

by sprash 7y ago

zaroth 7y ago

The FCC would like a word. Damn those billionaires and their... global high speed satellite internet access, right?

Consultant32452 7y ago
I work remotely and would love to live in a rural area but I'm largely tethered to suburbia for the internet speeds. I can't express how excited I am at the possibilities coming from satellite internet.
sprash 7y ago
The FCC has no jurisdiction where I live.

labster 7y ago

The FTC would like a word. This sounds like you are invoking Kessler Syndrome in LEO to protect the geostationary monopolies. Totally violates antitrust law.

CrazyStat 7y ago

Frying perfectly good satellites so they can't be maneuvered or deorbited sounds like a great way to recklessly litter LEO.

p1mrx 7y ago
The nice thing about LEO is that everything deorbits automatically.

nradov 7y ago

I'm sure you're joking, but it isn't physically possible to produce a collimated microwave beam that way.

sprash 7y ago

For all the downvoters: it was a joke. But since this is "Hacker" News it should be the perfect place to hypothesize about potential attack vectors and penetration testing. Any rogue nation could easily endanger the whole enterprise and with the resurgence of nationalism those scenarios are more a matter of when, not if.

cookiecaper 7y ago
fwiw, I appreciated it. I just wrote this in a separate forum: > don't miss out on this chance to see Elon Musk's secret plans for world domination before he goes full megalomaniacal evil Iron Man, when we can still naively look up in the sky and pretend it's nice While I'm sure this is mostly not-that-likely, I totally agree that a discussion about the vulnerability of such systems would be intriguing. What kind of cyberpunk future are we developing as a check against the inevitability of some billionaire's less-than-wholesome private interstellar armament? I'm sure such a discussion may provide a modicum of comfort to Johnny Depp's ex-wives, at least.