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getagrip_already

(14,742 posts)
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 02:34 PM Sep 2021

And we laughed at space lasers - they are real my friend....

Space-X has announced that they will be adding laser technology to their StarLink satellite network, which will amount to thousands of satellites in orbit worldwide.

https://mynaric.com/news/spacelink-and-mynaric-join-forces-sign-term-sheet-on-sale-of-laser-communication-products-and-expansion-of-product-portfolio/

They are just for inter-satellite communications (wink-wink), so of course the megalomaniac with a jewish sounding name is NOT going to be using them for anything nefarious (wink-wink).

Phase one of our take over is going to plan! {insert sinister laugh here}.

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And we laughed at space lasers - they are real my friend.... (Original Post) getagrip_already Sep 2021 OP
Dangerous Comm Lasers in Space lapfog_1 Sep 2021 #1
Just as long as they are used for good not evil underpants Sep 2021 #2
Space lasers are people my friend! qazplm135 Sep 2021 #3
Oh yeah, at least in policy...all the way back to Reagan's "Star Wars" Defense initative. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #4
But are they Jewish? rsdsharp Sep 2021 #5
funny, they don't look blueish.... getagrip_already Sep 2021 #7
We already know that people using hand-held laser pointers can blind or cause abqtommy Sep 2021 #6

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
6. We already know that people using hand-held laser pointers can blind or cause
Thu Sep 16, 2021, 05:57 PM
Sep 2021

damage to the eyes of people piloting aircraft. Then there's the deadly sharks with
lasers in their heads. It's just not safe anymore.

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