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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
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Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9CSpaceX?= Polaris Dawn astronauts perform
 historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit =?UTF-8?Q?=28video=29=E2=80=9D?=
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:51:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-09-17, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> The USA owns LEO right now.
>> 
>> Didn't we sign a UN treaty in 1963 regarding that?
>
> Treaty, schmeaty.  All things get dropped in case of war.
> He who owns the high ground has a huge advantage.

Does orbit qualify as high ground?  You'd think a defining property
of high ground is that things want to move down from there.  That
is, if I loosen a rock, it will roll down.  If I loosen a rock in
orbit, it will stay in orbit with me.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de