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I think you severely underestimate the amount of power you would need to damage some Starlink satellites in the 4 minutes they would be visible while tracking t
by NetMageSCW 9mo ago
I think you severely underestimate the amount of power you would need to damage some Starlink satellites in the 4 minutes they would be visible while tracking them at ridiculous speeds.
- ben_w 9mo agoModern welding lasers are pretty powerful. Hard part is focussing them, especially given need for adaptive optics for atmospheric turbulence. Movement is almost irrelevant, they only deviate from a fixed path while their engines run, and even then those engines are pretty weak. I'm saying the only real limit now is the adaptive optics.