Military shoots down another high-altitude object, over Lake Huron: officials

Post by bigcat12345678 » Tue, Feb 14, 2023, 11:31 AM UTC

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> China's [ASAT test]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fengyun ) which has been the worst in history. Check your source, per your cited wiki page: > The shootdown, and the subsequent creation of a record-setting amount of in-orbit debris, drew serious international criticism.[15][16][17][18][19] The shootdown refers to the ASAT test on FY-1C For the reference [15] http://www.centerforspace.com/asat/ , cannot be opened,…

Reference 16 is cited because of the following paragraph: > The single biggest debris-generating event happened in 2007, when China used a missile to destroy one of its own satellites. The explosion created more than 3,000 trackable objects and an estimated 150,000 debris particles. Also, comparing the BBC to Fox on coverage of anything is disingenuous at best. Even if they have clear biases, the BBC is one of the mo…

Post by m4rtink » Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 11:01 PM UTC

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IIRC originally Elon wanted to land a greenhouse on Mars, not people from the very start.

Establishing a massive functioning greenhouse on Mars, before sending people, still seems like a smart idea to me. In fact, setting up as much automation as possible, pre-people, would be a good way to establish the human safety of Mars flights. As well as supercharging the productivity and quality of life of the first Marsers when they finally do arrive.