• catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    7 months ago

    Spy satellites have always been valid targets. I don’t think they’re any more likely to shoot these ones down than any of the others.

    • MrVilliam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      For real. This seems like something that threatens musk and space x more than anybody else. The CIA effectively has unlimited money to replace whatever Russia takes down, but musk needing to pay to replace satellites to maintain starlink will hurt his bottom line. I don’t think tin foil hat wearers would be all that unreasonable to make the assumption that this is a veiled threat to keep musk in line. I frequently hear the argument that “billionaires can’t be bought” but I believe the exact opposite. They care more about money than morals and ethics, and can therefore be coerced by it either through hurting their bottom line or rewarding them with more of it. A dragon’s hoard can never be too big for the dragon to accept more, and nothing hurts the drain more than reducing its hoard.

  • Chefdano3@lemm.eeEnglish
    205·
    7 months ago

    Can’t wait to hear about space X satellites falling out of a window.

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
    91·
    7 months ago

    There are more sats than asat missiles. The math doesn’t work out. Unless they use nukes or shotgun blasts or something to make the entirety of leo unusable.

  • nexusband@lemmy.world
    95·
    7 months ago

    On one hand, I really, really want those idiots in the Kremel to cause a Kessler Syndrome…(In theory it could also prevent ballistic missiles)

    On the other hand, that would be quite bad for the rest of us.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      2·
      7 months ago

      Kessler syndrome is only a threat to satellites that are orbiting within the debris, it’s not really a danger if you’re only passing through (as a ballistic missile would).