-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 04/22/2014 12:29 PM, grarpamp wrote:
know what it does. Some speculate at least the US uses angled optical/radar shields to hide the bulk of some crafts from ground/orbital view. Sounds
There is speculation and some evidence along those lines in the book _Blank Spots on the Map_ by Trevor Paglen. No evidence (they weren't in orbit, after all) but the logic makes sense.
Seems really difficult to fly and calibrate. ie: would certainly need better than gps timing onboard each. Maybe 1km pyramid of four could range each other well enough, no idea. As Jim referenced, membranes and
To the best of my knowledge (which is about six months out of date), satellite swarms that would act in a similar fashion to what is described above are still in their infancy. I do not believe any have been launched yet (if I did, I probably wouldn't be able to posts to mailing lists like this...) - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703] [ZS] Developer, Project Byzantium: http://project-byzantium.org/ PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1 WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/ "Phenomenal cosmic powers be damned - I have a lease." --Harry Dresden -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEAREKAAYFAlNX8ZkACgkQO9j/K4B7F8ELFgCeOImdt5KQZ4S4QNY4jZCPTkJz h5kAoOYJq51nmNUh/dQEDohYmqHBghEt =URKp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----