Russia may have just shot down its own satellite creating a huge debris cloud Updated

“This test will significantly increase the risk to astronauts and cosmonauts.”

Via



  • Leave A Comment

    Subscribe
    Notify of
    8 Comments
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    Karl Lewis

    Dafuq? Wasn’t that the premise of a movie?

    tiki god

    Gravity! A great movie that got all the science about gravity and orbital mechanics absolutely wrong.

    it’s still a great movie though.

    Old Tofu

    Space Cowboys is where they go up to rescue a failing russian satellite to find out after they get up there that it is a missile launching platform

    Bolthorn

    If you were to tell me that a conspiracy theory existed that aliens had infiltrated the major powers of the world and convinced their military to eventually make space travel impossible so we can never leave the planet and infect the rest of the galaxy with our idiocy, I’d call you batshit crazy but I’d have to be locked up too because that’s the only explanation why we would willfully destroy our ability to use space. It’s going to be fun when all the communication satellites are destroyed because of this shit.

    tiki god

    What you’re referring to is “Kessler syndrome” and the only way to really deal with it is to shoot the garbage down with lasers or nets.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

    Bolthorn

    Oh I knew about Kessler Syndrome, but it seems clear some people that should know about it definitely don’t. I want to know why we’re seemingly doing the whole thing intentionally at this point. “Yeah, fuck our ability to go to space!” seems like a weird thing to get behind.

    Karl Lewis

    In fact, if one was fixin’ to get into a possible shooting match with the United States, one of the first items on your “to do” list might well be to destroy the constellation of GPS satellites, since that’s used to guide many of our precision missile systems, and you’d spoil our plans, and possibly delay our response to your invasion of one or more of our allies, say, by fscking up our targeting system. I’m not saying that Putin is fixin’ to grab Ukraine, but… well…

    Short term survival may well outweigh longer term issues, because if you’re dead, the long term is less important.

    Last edited 3 years ago by Karl Lewis
    Old Tofu

    there it is. the ruskys were also caught a few years back jamming satellites that belonged to norway or one of the other countries right around there. knocking out the satellite systems would be a quick way to put your enemy back into the 60’s or 70’s technologically in one quick move giving you a definite advantage.

    Advertisements Alcohol Animated Images Architecture Art Awesome Things Batman Bikinis Black and White Cars Comic Books Computers Cosplay Cute As Hell Animals Donald Trump Drugs Fantasy - Science Fiction Fashion Food Forum Fodder Gaming Humor Military Motorcycles Movie Posters Movie Reviews Movies Music Music Videos Nature NeSFW Politics Religion Science! Sexy Sports Star Trek Star Wars Technology Television Vertical Wallpaper Wallpaper Weapons Women WTF

    480 x 360 500 x 281 500 x 375 500 x 500 500 x 750 600 x 450 600 x 600 600 x 750 600 x 800 600 x 900 640 x 480 640 x 640 640 x 800 640 x 853 640 x 960 720 x 720 720 x 960 750 x 600 800 x 600 800 x 800 960 x 720 960 x 960 1024 x 683 1024 x 768 1080 x 1080 1080 x 1350 1200 x 630 1200 x 800 1200 x 900 1280 x 720 1280 x 800 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 1440 x 900 1600 x 900 1600 x 1200 1680 x 1050 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1200 2048 x 1536 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1600 3024 x 4032 3840 x 2160 x

    ABoringDystopia Amoledbackgrounds AnimalsBeingDerps ATBGE awfuleverything Celebhub Celebs CityPorn comicbookart conceptart cosplaygirls Cyberpunk EarthPorn Eyebleach Faces FreckledGirls funny General Uploads gentlemanboners hmmmm Images Sub Space ImaginaryStarships ImaginaryTechnology InfowarriorRides interestingasfuck MarchAgainstNazis marvelstudios MCS Plus memes MilitaryPorn nocontextpics OldSchoolCool pictures PoliticalHumor PrequelMemes PropagandaPosters RetroFuturism sbubby StarshipPorn startrekmemes Storminator Super News Thanks I Hate It UrbanHell wallpaper