[LINK] America to launch 12,000 communictions satellites

[Tom Worthington]

On 19/11/18 12:43 am, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/15/communications_satellites_fcc/
>
>  ... As the movie Gravity graphically demonstrated ...

No, "illustrated", not "demonstrated". The move Gravity is fictional and 
the space debris depicted were computer generated.

> ... the impact of even a tiny piece of trash with something powering
> through the atmosphere can be catastrophic ...

No, tiny bits of space debris burn up in the atmosphere, and so are not 
a threat. It is the bits which remain in orbit which are the problem.

Scientists at the ANU Institute for Space, on top of Mount Stromlo, are 
building a laser to target space junk. Yes, they really do wear while 
coats, in a facility which looks like a Bond villain's lair, on top of a 
mountain, and are working on a Laser Cannon. ;-)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-21/scientists-plan-to-shoot-down-space-junk-with-a-laser/9573066


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