[ExI] Name the Rogue Satellite Operation

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 22:16:13 UTC 2008


On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>  Make that Mach >25. At that speed even paint flakes will damage
>  PV panels. I used to speculate about fragmentation catastrophe,
>  apparently, this stuff is for real.
>
>  Operation Space Cowboy Yee-Haw! Let's give people ideas on how to
>  shutdown humanity's entire space activities by just a few launches.
>


Hey!  That's a neat idea!

The US can't afford space activities anymore, because of the Iraq
expense, the collapsing dollar and the recession.  Sooooo, let's make
sure nobody else goes there either until after the mess is cleared up.

Even more reason just to send robots into space.


BillK



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