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Yes, it's a very solvable problem. You just vaporize all the debris in your way and clear a path. It's only unsolvable in the current context that a nuclear bo
by hoorayimhelping 7y ago
Yes, it's a very solvable problem. You just vaporize all the debris in your way and clear a path.
It's only unsolvable in the current context that a nuclear bomb going off in MEO or GEO is worse than some space trash. If the situation became dire enough that we couldn't get off the planet, then you could just detonate some high yield explosives in orbit.
- foxyv 7y agoDetonating a lot of nuclear devices in orbit would devastate large sections of the surface with EMP bursts as gamma rays ionize huge sections of the upper atmosphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosio...