Originally Posted By: OldBaldGuy
Great, we can shoot down satellites. I wonder how long before other, less than friendly, countries can do it also? Think comm sats, those neat ones that make our GPS's work, etc...


GPS Sats are out 24,000 miles (I think) and would be a lot harder to hit then one that’s only 100-miles away.


I would guess we shot it down for a few reasons. Yes it may have been a danger, but I would also guess we were sending a message to China and other countries (China said they want to go to the Moon) that if they pick up any of our moon junk we can keep you from bringing it back.
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