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Post by Greg on Sept 27, 2016 17:14:31 GMT
While playing I was thinking about the repercussions of each of these orbital battles - the amount of debris afterwards could make the orbits of these battles unusable for decades or longer. Given how faithfully the game models hard science here, it would be an interesting topic how these fleets would deal with the space debris present then they crossed orbits near previous engagements. Would they just depend on their armour to suck up the damage? Would they be able to track and avoid that many objects? Snipe debris as it comes in? Just declare the orbit scorched earth and avoid it? Btw for background of a real test and the debris it caused check out the Chinese test in 2007. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test#3
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Post by princesskibble on Sept 27, 2016 17:19:50 GMT
According to qswitched the orbits are cleaned afterward. Like Planetes!
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Post by argonbalt on Sept 27, 2016 17:38:27 GMT
While playing I was thinking about the repercussions of each of these orbital battles - the amount of debris afterwards could make the orbits of these battles unusable for decades or longer. Given how faithfully the game models hard science here, it would be an interesting topic how these fleets would deal with the space debris present then they crossed orbits near previous engagements. Would they just depend on their armour to suck up the damage? Would they be able to track and avoid that many objects? Snipe debris as it comes in? Just declare the orbit scorched earth and avoid it? Btw for background of a real test and the debris it caused check out the Chinese test in 2007. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test#3A few years ago some proposals were made for various "laser brooms" orbital or ground based satellites that would melt or push matter into the atmosphere to destroy it. Id imagine that most stations in COADE are equipped with such countermeasures, or private companies are paid to remove the debris.
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Post by morrigi on Sept 28, 2016 20:36:40 GMT
Yeah, in a universe where spaceships are common, I'd imagine that it wouldn't take a whole lot for salvagers to be paid by the ton for disposing of space junk in one way or another. Naturally, less scrupulous teams would keep the particularly shiny bits for themselves.
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Post by n2maniac on Oct 17, 2016 1:41:27 GMT
Some of the moons of planets have sufficiently unstable orbits that this is not a problem. This has been a problem with probes exploring Luna. You may have seen it trying to orbit Io. I also get the feeling that after the cataclysm on Earth, the tolerance for this type of destruction may be higher.
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Post by foof on Oct 17, 2016 8:56:47 GMT
According to qswitched the orbits are cleaned afterward. Like Planetes! For the uninitiated, Planetes is among the best hard SciFi shows/movies out there. I highly recommend you give it a try even if you normally stay away form Anime. Edit: There is a excellent English dub. @ princesskibble Thanks now I have to rewatch Planetes
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