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On 9/17/2024 5:01 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 9/17/2024 5:51 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Only if that rock maintains speed.  If that rock slows down, lookout 
> below !
> 
> I was thinking more of Jerry Pournelle's old "Rods From The Gods" program.
> 
AKA "Thor's Hammers" and "Flying Crowbars".

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