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Also the form and glidepath potential of the shuttle was designed for military capabilities to capture an adversary's satellite that were never used, according
by adolph 4y ago
Also the form and glidepath potential of the shuttle was designed for military capabilities to capture an adversary's satellite that were never used, according to "The Most Important Space Shuttle Mission Never Happened" by Scott Manley [0]. His source is this pdf [1].
0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q2i0eu35aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q2i0eu35aY
1. http://www.jamesoberg.com/sts-3A_B-DRM.PDF http://www.jamesoberg.com/sts-3A_B-DRM.PDF
- wkat4242 4y agoKinda good too because that would be pretty close to an act of war and set a dangerous precedent for the weaponisation of space. You prepare for the war you don't want to fight...
- dylan604 4y agoHow would capturing a satellite from orbit be any different than a soldier walking up to an enemy's position and driving off with a tank or flying a jet out from under their nose? Some shit would definitely be on the fan at that point.
- wkat4242 4y agoThat's what I mean exactly. I'm glad we were never in the situation where this would have been thinkable. Because it would mean direct war between superpowers.
- IIAOPSW 4y agoA better analogy might be detaining a ship or in international waters or implementing a blockade such as the Cuban missile crisis. It is technically casus belli, but rarely does it get escalated that far. Rational actors don't really want to start a war over an incident that doesn't even involve their sovereign territory.
- dylan604 4y agoI don't think a blockade is the same thing though. A blockade just prevents a ship from going to the destination or the route it was wanting. It is still free to maneuver and is still in control of the flag it operates under.