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interesting, china is planning to form something similar to Starlink, but with balloons. All this balloon shenanigans have been ongoing for years. This is calle
by xrayarx 4y ago
interesting, china is planning to form something similar to Starlink, but with balloons. All this balloon shenanigans have been ongoing for years. This is called "near space" now and their goal is to fly balloons "at least 80,000 feet high".
- hgsgm 4y agoSimilar to Space Data and Loon, but higher altitude (why? fewer balloons? To evade detection and attack?)
- h0l0cube 4y agoAt what altitude are you not allowed to shoot things down? If no such line exists, what’s stopping governments from shooting each others’ satellites tit-for-tat?
- qbrass 4y agoThere's no defined altitude. The laws are too generic and basically say "spacecraft in orbit". Satellites are covered by that in general. The US military doesn't consider aircraft or missiles flying over their borders to be in space and outside of their airspace regardless of altitude.
- loa_in_ 4y agoIt's cool and very China. Not everything is min-maxing