-----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 membranes and To the best of my knowledge (which is about six months out of date), satellite swarms that would act in a similar fashion to what is described above are still in their infancy.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-----
