REM%MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (03/25/84)
From: Robert Elton Maas <REM @ MIT-MC>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has been asked again to push the Reagan
administration to try to negotiate a U.S.-Soviet ban on all weapons in
space.
Any projectile traveling at 17,000 MPH striking any object in a
significantly different orbit will pretty near destroy it. Thus unless
all satellites are in the same orbit in the same direction, each is a
potential weapon against the others. Is this going to be another "Moon
Treaty", effectively preventing any use of space whatsoever because of
careless wording?
I can see the headlines, LANDSAT ordered pulled down because of danger
to other satellites due to polar orbit of LANDSAT.