m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoUS Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter Chinaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
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big jobs programs incoming. best of luck to all involved. friggin ars’e, had to trim a short novel off that url
minus-squarenullinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoCould we drag a big asteroid to each Lagrange point and let countries orbit their satellites around that?
minus-squareLastYearsPumpkin@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoYou already orbit Lagrange points, and there’s already tons of space rocks milling about in them. Lagrange points are weird.
minus-squarem3t00🌎@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 months agoWebb uses one. Mostly empty space though it’s suffered a few micrometeoroid strikes already. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html
Could we drag a big asteroid to each Lagrange point and let countries orbit their satellites around that?
You already orbit Lagrange points, and there’s already tons of space rocks milling about in them.
Lagrange points are weird.
Webb uses one. Mostly empty space though it’s suffered a few micrometeoroid strikes already. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/orbit.html