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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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On 9/17/2024 8:08 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> 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".

Yup.

Lynn