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@spacex.extwitter.link "golden dome" proposal is apparently just a tracking layer (ie. the sensors, not the shooters.) It's a proliferated version of the old SBIRS-low/STSS constellation, which is potentially a good idea.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/musks-spacex-is-frontrunner-build-trumps-golden-dome-missile-shield-2025-04-17/
@spacex.extwitter.link "golden dome" proposal is apparently just a tracking layer (ie. the sensors, not the shooters.) It's a proliferated version of the old SBIRS-low/STSS constellation, which is potentially a good idea.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/musks-spacex-is-frontrunner-build-trumps-golden-dome-missile-shield-2025-04-17/
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I think they're barely sub $1k/kg atm with f9, on a full payload, and probably a third of that as soon as they get ss/sh working.
What are the odds on a 10k ball bearing taking out a missile if it gets within 50m?
Higher number makes it more survivable like Starlink? Higher concentration of sensors in any given space? Smaller size = less drag and can trade off with a lower altitude eg less propellant cost?
@spaceforcedod.bsky.social shared that data to support firefighters in California during the 2018 fire season.
https://www.losangeles.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1717315/air-force-space-hacks-red-tape-to-support-firefighters-efforts-against-californ/
Which of these firms are bringing sensor technologies, and which are bringing target acquisition/ tracking etc technologies? Or is the former off the shelf and the latter something AI does in the brave new world?