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[–] WoahWoah 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And also how does space law work? If you launched a predator satellite that starts taking these out, again, launched from international waters, is that, like, illegal? Considering they're a private company?

[–] whostosay 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It would be way more risky, space debris is no joke

[–] WoahWoah -2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What if the predator satellite just ties little rockets to them that are aimed at deep space?

[–] whostosay 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

id be chill with a net that had a 99.9999% success rate, that debris is too risky

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then you'd be defeating the careful planning which went into making sure the satellites don't become a long term problem, by raising them out of the orbits which decay in just a few years and into orbits which never decay.

[–] WoahWoah -2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given that someone owns those satellites, yes.

Outer space is under maritime law, oddly enough.

[–] WoahWoah 1 points 2 months ago

I would have assumed it's closer to bird law.