m3t00🌎Mtoscience@lemmy.worldEnglish·10 months agoUS Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter China(arstechnica.com)external-linkarrow-up152arrow-down10message-square7file-textfedilink
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkUS Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter China(arstechnica.com)m3t00🌎Mtoscience@lemmy.worldEnglish·10 months agomessage-square7file-textfedilink
big jobs programs incoming. best of luck to all involved. friggin ars’e, had to trim a short novel off that url
minus-squareLastYearsPumpkinEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilinkYou already orbit Lagrange points, and there’s already tons of space rocks milling about in them. Lagrange points are weird.
minus-squarem3t00🌎OPMEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·10 months agoedit-210 months agolinkfedilinkWebb 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