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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth (news.ubc.ca)
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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I mean I was trying to Broach a theoretical, completely academic, discussion about what could or could not take these satellites out.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And you were given a quite thorough explanation of why "but what if really BIG laser?" is a bad idea

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Yes for the guerilla, but not a reason for why someone not afraid of air power would use one.