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Not unless the satellites are rounded of course :)
by option_greek 14y ago
Not unless the satellites are rounded of course :)
- skeletonjelly 14y agoThey'll be bared from entering into a rounded orbit.
- nedwin 14y agoYou jest but a Boeing patent on a specific satellite manuever had the effect of decommissioning a satellite. http://www.google.com/patents?vid=6116545 http://www.google.com/patents?vid=6116545
- nedwin 14y agoThe full story here: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Boeing_Patent_Shuts_Down_AMC_14_Lunar_Flyby_Salvage_Attempt_999.html http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Boeing_Patent_Shuts_Down...
- hobbyhacker 14y agoPatents definitely foster progress by the looks of it.
- colinshark 14y agoPerhaps patents will be the last thing that saves human-driven cars. You can get an injunction against self-driving cars that can do the newly patented three-point-turn (its not prior art because now it uses a COMPUTER system!), but you can't stop a driver from doing it!
- nivla 14y agoThey also have to ensure there aren't any objects that might bounce back during lift off. :)
- melling 14y agoThe rounded joke is the easy one to make, of course. However, Apple did lose against Samsung on that count. There must be some sort of herding mentality that people go through, where people in general grab onto sound bites, instead of taking the time to do a deep dive into the issues. It usually happens in politics. On HN, I would hope for more.
- rogerchucker 14y ago*herding. On HN, I would hope for better spelling.
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