Argh!

[gfish]

The Pentagon wants to shoot down that failing spysat. Do we really want to encourage more ASAT activity after last year's disastrous Chinese test? It wouldn't be hard to ruin LEO for decades. Argh.

Comments

[pathdancer.livejournal.com]

I know! Let's turn one large falling object into many!!!

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

'tho as people on slashdot have discussed, this one's in an extremely low, decaying orbit, and its debris are unlikely to pick up enough energy to do anything but delay their re-entry by a few days.
But I agree: this is mostly about a cheap way to get another ASAT test in and show off.

[woggie.livejournal.com]

What are we doing sending hydrazine into orbit?