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As was pointed out to me at lunch, where the discussion continued, firing a photon torpedo at it would have the result of turning the transponders off, which seems to be the bigger problem.
Peter On 11/29/10 13:11, Gerald Creager wrote:
Hmmm. Yes and no. If it were perturbed into a lower orbit, then impacted or detonated, the smaller pieces, with higher surface area, would see increased drag. At geostationary orbit, a large, wee-designed bird has a lower surface area to mass ratio and thus is less likely to deorbit solely due to drag. gc Peter Laws wrote:You're under the impression that it would fall to earth if exploded in some manner. All you would end up with is lots of little pieces ... in the same orbit. On 11/29/10 10:12, admin@xxxxxxxx wrote:Hrm is that mentioned in the wikileaks documents? They need to provide better "self destruct" mechanisms for these in case one goes rogue like this. Ray Weber Massachusetts Skywarn On Monday, November 29, 2010 11:07am, "Jeff Lake - Admin"<admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:Sounds like NORAD needs to fire up a STAR-WARS satellite and take care of it ..._______________________________________________ ldm-users mailing list ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list information or to unsubscribe, visit: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/
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