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Not necessary. There is no spacecraft currently in operation that is capable of retrieving a satellite and returning it to Earth, and atmospheric drag would've
by _moof 5y ago
Not necessary. There is no spacecraft currently in operation that is capable of retrieving a satellite and returning it to Earth, and atmospheric drag would've destroyed it eventually anyway.
At best this was negligence while testing a weapon. At worst it was a deliberate provocation.
- JorgeGT 5y agoAre we sure the X-37 doesn't have a robot arm to grab interesting bits of satellites? x)
- dragonelite 5y agoThere was a alleged incident this month where a US spy satellite approached a Chinese satellite and the Chinese satellite did a avoiding maneuver. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3154496/chinese-satellite-shows-space-warfare-prowess-dodging-us https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3154496/chi...
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