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
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkUS Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter Chinaarstechnica.comm3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
big jobs programs incoming. best of luck to all involved. friggin ars’e, had to trim a short novel off that url
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
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