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Re: Internal orbits
Posted By: MageDate: 12/17/99 4:13 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Internal orbits (Mark Levin)

> This can't be *that* much of a problem, otherwise we would have
> stuck with reconaissance planes and never moved to satellites.
> The Halo's atmosphere is also probably much less deep than that
> of Earth's, and there are techniques involving laser beams to
> remove the distortion from images. I'm sure these will be more
> advanced in the future.

Again, equipment is tight... and you need only half the scope to do it.

We are not talking planes here. A sattelite spying on the halo has only to penetrate one atmosphere. A ground based one has to penetrate twice. Then figure in weather, and surrounding terrain (limits what the ground scope could see), and ease of capture.

The reason we moved from planes to sats is becaause a sat has a larger field of view, and is damn near impossible to shoot down. That and a Sat doesnt have to deal with inflight turbulence screwing with the cameras. Lasers wont help. THOSE are made of light too, and suffer from atmospheric blurring as well.

Faster and easier to make a sattelite, not to mention better and cheaper too :)


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Human Space CapabilityNapalm Loon 12/17/99 7:33 a.m.
     ...But where would they orbit?septimus 12/17/99 11:39 a.m.
           Re: ...But where would they orbit?Grey 12/17/99 12:40 p.m.
                 I'm dissapointed in you guys...Maxaminus 12/17/99 2:05 p.m.
                       Two possible definitions.Dispatcher 12/17/99 9:33 p.m.
                       Re: I'm dissapointed in you guys...SiliconDream =PN= 12/17/99 9:43 p.m.
           Re: ...But where would they orbit?Jägermeister 12/17/99 1:22 p.m.
                 Re: Internal orbitsMark Levin 12/17/99 2:15 p.m.
                       Re: Internal orbitsMage 12/17/99 2:32 p.m.
                             Re: Internal orbitsMark Levin 12/17/99 2:38 p.m.
                                   Re: Internal orbitsMage 12/17/99 4:13 p.m.
                                         Re: Internal orbitsMaxaminus 12/17/99 4:45 p.m.
                                               Re: Internal orbitsMage 12/17/99 11:06 p.m.
                                                     Re: Internal orbitsMark Levin 12/18/99 12:42 a.m.
                                                           Re: Internal orbitsMage 12/18/99 11:31 a.m.
                       Re: Internal orbitsMr. Eez 12/17/99 4:27 p.m.
                       Re: Internal orbitsMacGuyver 12/17/99 4:49 p.m.
                             Re: Internal orbitsMark Levin 12/17/99 5:02 p.m.
                                   Re: Internal orbitsSiliconDream =PN= 12/17/99 9:42 p.m.
                                         Uses for the Halo's axis...Noctavis =PN= 12/20/99 3:31 p.m.
                                               Stable Orbits (again)Butcher 12/21/99 1:36 a.m.
                                                     Placing a satellite in the center of the HaloNoctavis =PN= 12/21/99 10:35 a.m.
                                                           Re: Placing a satellite in the center of the HaloButcher 12/21/99 2:33 p.m.
                                                                 Unstable orbits... Why use a halo orbit?Noctavis =PN= 12/21/99 6:31 p.m.
                                                                       Tides on the HaloButcher 12/21/99 7:03 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Tides on the HaloSomeguy 12/21/99 8:00 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Tides on the HaloButcher 12/21/99 9:35 p.m.
                                                                             Re: soell•Mimer 12/25/99 3:55 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: soellMatt 12/27/99 11:53 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: soellDaft Shadow =PN= 12/27/99 4:11 p.m.
                                                                                               Re: soellBachus 12/27/99 6:50 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Unstable orbits... Why use a halo orbit?SiliconDream =PN= 12/21/99 11:40 p.m.
                                   Re: Internal orbitsNathan 12/20/99 4:37 a.m.
                                         Re: RotationsForensic 12/20/99 11:58 a.m.
                                               Re: RotationsSiliconDream =PN= 12/20/99 2:21 p.m.
                                                     Re: Rotationsbtrinen 12/20/99 2:53 p.m.
                                                           GravitySyberSmoke 12/20/99 3:09 p.m.
                                                                 Re: GravitySiliconDream =PN= 12/21/99 11:00 p.m.
                                                           Re: RotationsNoctavis =PN= 12/20/99 3:11 p.m.
                                                           Re: RotationsAiden 12/20/99 8:08 p.m.
                                         Spin that ringL. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage") 12/20/99 5:12 p.m.
                                               Re: Spin that ringDispatcher 12/20/99 9:43 p.m.
                                                     Re: Spin that ringL. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage") 12/21/99 10:25 a.m.
                                                           Re: Spin that ringDispatcher 12/21/99 11:10 p.m.
                                               L1? or L4-5?Oddot 12/22/99 10:24 a.m.
                                                     Re: L1? or L4-5?L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage") 12/22/99 2:54 p.m.
                                         Q: How do you spin the Halo?Ironfist [CMG] 12/20/99 5:41 p.m.
                                         Re: Internal orbitsChris Huff 12/20/99 6:59 p.m.
                                         Re: Internal orbitsRingdude 12/20/99 7:18 p.m.
                                               Re: Internal orbitsSiliconDream =PN= 12/21/99 11:06 p.m.
                                                     Re: Internal orbitsSomeguy 12/21/99 11:11 p.m.
                                                           Re: Internal orbitsSiliconDream =PN= 12/22/99 4:06 a.m.
                                         Re: Internal orbitsThomas Magle Brodersen 12/21/99 3:06 a.m.



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