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The thought of space warfare is a bit scary in how it will affect modern life. Reading this I realized I have an implicit assumption that, in my lifetime, someo
by martinky24 3y ago
The thought of space warfare is a bit scary in how it will affect modern life. Reading this I realized I have an implicit assumption that, in my lifetime, someone very well could blow up some key satellites. That would have a meaningful impact on day-to-day life and the economy.
Hopefully countermeasures and/or back up systems are figured out that add sufficient defense & redundancy before we get to the point where that happens.
- rightbyte 3y agoOf all the things on my worry about list if any combination of the unholy trinity of superpowers start messing with eachother for real, gps/glonass coverage, Elon Musk and TV is really far down the list.
- lyu07282 3y agoNo google maps is really gonna suck during the nuclear holocaust! /s
- martinky24 3y agoBlowing up satellites does not imply we'd be living in a nuclear holocaust.
- rightbyte 3y agoThe day Henry Freaking Kissinger got abatted for "appeasement" I started to hoard bottle caps for some Fallout larping... it is like people have gotten psychotic.