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aecarol1 t1_it97jt1 wrote

Reply to comment by scunglyscrimblo in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299

Yes, it's a horrific thing to contemplate. It would wreck many terribly useful orbits for decades to come. I'm certainly not in favor of it, but I can imagine a nation doing this for some perceived tactical advantage.

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scunglyscrimblo t1_it9a7wj wrote

I feel like there should be really horrible consequences for whatever nation does that if it even becomes a reality

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aecarol1 t1_it9b2kx wrote

If it ever gets to that level, there is already some deep, dark stuff, near extinction level stuff going down on the planet.

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scunglyscrimblo t1_it9b6zq wrote

That’s strangely reassuring because I don’t see us getting to that point, at least not for a long time

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