Re: [erm] space mirrors

Thomas Anderson wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Christopher Pratt wrote:
> > > > defence - put thousands of them (they're cheap, being made of
silvered
> > > > plastic film) into low orbit
> > > Probably a good idea.
> > not all that practical, I'd sweep them outta orbit once i
> > realized what
> > they are for.
> 
> the point is that there are lots and lots and lots of them and they're
> undetectable until they unfurl, sou you can't just go in and sweep
them
> out. as soon as i unfurl and use one, you can sweep it, but who cares?
> i've still got 999 left.
> 
> sort of reminds me of something from the Aliens tech manual: huge
grids
> made of nanofibre or something, too fine to detect, put on orbit
around a
> planet and going the wrong way. an enemy ship comes into orbit without
> having details of the orbits of these things and rams into one. bang:
both
> take a beating, but a ship costs a lot more.
> 
> Tom

I'm not to sure about that...wouldn't it be expensive to
cover any 
decent sized area
-- 
later
christopher pratt
valen@gatecom.com