<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Aivlis<br/>
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Please don't use Gravity as an indication for anything to do with orbital mechanics; it's a pretty and enjoyable film but has close to no relation to the real world in that regard. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Indeed, they did ... take ...

<r> About degrading satellites, I'll have two words: Kessler syndrome.<br/>
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X-37 and the like wouldn't be enough to seriously threaten the Chinese satellite net : you would need a fleet of them, and they would need to already sit right next to their targets, orbit-wise (they wouldn't have ...

Does it mean that "just above over the layer" should be replaced by something like "at the bottom of the layer" or "just above the layer limit"? How could it show that the (sonic) layer is an interface with no thickness?

<t> In what way are the Ponce laser or its next iterations better than an autocannon, in this use? There is the 'endless ammo' point, but this doesn't seem enough to justify such resources spent compared to giving more rounds for an autocannon.<br/>
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Does extended space operations include the Soviet Polyus-Skif orbital laser? The more hypothetical Project Thor? Orion battleships? Orion orbital 3000 MT nuclear weapon?