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To me, it's crazy that we're doing a lot of weird stuff with global implications in the hands of an unaccountable corporation. If I were a random nation state,
by kome 2y ago
To me, it's crazy that we're doing a lot of weird stuff with global implications in the hands of an unaccountable corporation. If I were a random nation state, I would start taking down those satellites for a sport.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoYou wouldn't post this if it was OneWeb. Probably the same for the article itself
- squigz 2y agoWhy do you say that?
- inemesitaffia 2y agoThe paper being written about wouldn't exist if this was a OneWeb project. And that's transitive to the post and comments
- squigz 2y agoWhy do you think this paper wouldn't exist if it was about a OneWeb project?
- mlindner 2y agoNot the person you asked, but the paper isn't peer reviewed and has been getting outsized influence in the media despite that. It's obvious its part of the ongoing campaign in media and political circuits to defame and downplay SpaceX achievements.
- pweezy 2y agoAgreed. It feels like the FAA and related government agencies have a rule set based on now-outdated assumptions about the difficulty and cost of space launches. Even just a couple of decades ago, it was never thought that this number of satellites could practically be launched. Similar to many other problems of tech moving too fast for regulations.
- zmgsabst 2y agoNo “random nation state” is going to fire on US satellites, without a clear and compelling reason. Also, in this case it would be counter productive: you’d create huge amounts of space debris and accelerate the accumulation of material in the ionosphere.
- thsksbd 2y agoWhy is that counter productive? If I'm shooting down US satellites, and can therefore expect a military response, Id rather have the skies above me free from navigation and recon satellites above.
- exe34 2y agoI wonder how the Kessler syndrome would affect Trident. No GPS, and no more peeking at the stars. Hopefully inertial guidance is better now/soon.
- thsksbd 2y agoInertial guidance is insanely good. Curiously enough the reference design is still from the V2 (and the golden standard is still mechanical)
- zmgsabst 2y agoThe original concern for shooting down satellites was to stop them depositing material in the ionosphere, the subject of the article. Shooting down satellites just accelerates the timeframe on which they re-enter and burn up, while making the pieces smaller and hence more likely to completely combust. That’s counter-productive to your goal.
- yinser 2y agoLol