Re: OT: Guns in Space

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:05:56 -0700, MassiveProng
<MassiveProng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:01:00 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Gave us:

Again, due to orbital velocities, you'd have to pull alongside the
target, more or less.


Park a car in front of a train, and the damage is pretty severe.

Park a mass in front of an orbiting object, and the kinetic energy
upon impact is pretty severe.

The total impact velocity is all that matters. Both elements do not
need to be moving relative to each other, only one does.

Keeping a stationary object in a near earth location is another
problem.

A problem everywhere?
IIRC tv satellites are parked about the equator... This is why dishes
point southish in Canada.
Also...I'll have to google if GPS satellites move.
A hunter satellite (space gun) can move to fire for a line of site
attack on these satellites.
Or..
As someone posted, it could drop shrapnel on an orbit (over the poles)
to intercept an equator satellite..
Come to think of it...Probably be better to have a guided missile just
zoom around and around. It'll just need to make minor course
corrections until it finally collides.. Could be many revolutions.
A patriot missile that takes forever to hit it's target. But doesn't
constantly burn fuel. Only jets to make a course correction when it's
guidance system keeps missing it's target.. It'll get closer and
closer until near enough for detonation.
D from BC
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