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I thought brilliant pebbles was long cancelled?
by GekkePrutser 5y ago
I thought brilliant pebbles was long cancelled?
- georgeg23 5y agoInteresting take by one of the SDI/Brilliant Pebbles architects pitching Starlink http://highfrontier.org/january-8-2019-brilliant-pebbles-is-affordable/ http://highfrontier.org/january-8-2019-brilliant-pebbles-is-...
- togglebot1 5y agoHypersonic tech and reduced launch costs have brought something similar back if the funding keeps coming.
- Eelongate 5y agoAt the time the cost to launch it would have been insane since it called for ten thousand or more satellites in LEO. However with Starlink, SpaceX has been promising to demonstrate the ability to economically launch such massive satellite constellations. If they succeed, I expect Brilliant Pebbles to return, although probably under a new name.