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"Otherwise it's just a weapon. " Everything that is in space and big enough and can be roughly guided, can be a devastating weapon. Which is why I love the id
by hutzlibu 5y ago
"Otherwise it's just a weapon. "
Everything that is in space and big enough and can be roughly guided, can be a devastating weapon.
Which is why I love the idea of peaceful space exploration and am not so happy about the latest developements to arm the space again.
- rbanffy 5y ago> Everything that is in space and big enough and can be roughly guided When it's guided, you may be able to see it coming, see the jets for changing trajectory, and it can evade an impactor designed to turn it into a lot of smaller pieces that will burn up in the atmosphere. If it's just a rock covered in F22 paint it'll be a lot harder to see before it hits.
- datameta 5y agoTrue up until the plasma sheath has burned away the radar absorbant coating and then generates a magnitude or more EMF than the object does at ambient space temperature.
- rbanffy 5y agoBy that time there isn't much you can do to prevent impact.
- datameta 5y agoCertainly you can. At that point it is on final trajectory and we simply have to put a missile under the object heading straight up. It depends on the type of rock we're talking about. If it's sufficiently large to be highly destructive upon splintering then we are in the realm of science fiction.
- rbanffy 5y agoIf it comes in at 10 km/s you'll have about 10 seconds to do that.