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They'll be bared from entering into a rounded orbit.

• nedwin 14y ago
  You 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 ago
    The 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 ago
    Patents definitely foster progress by the looks of it.
  • colinshark 14y ago
    Perhaps 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!