05-28-2010, 03:20 AM
Yeah, I remember those orbital telephone pole size rods of tungsten often referred to as "rods from god". Never knew why they weren't pursued.
And you may be right (the U.S. military was thinking of a hypersonic missile that would launch to 300,000 feet and glide the rest of the way to target...it was supposed to hit the target at Mach 4), but the only thing I can think of is that in orbit you have a lot more energy to start with (both in kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy).
And you may be right (the U.S. military was thinking of a hypersonic missile that would launch to 300,000 feet and glide the rest of the way to target...it was supposed to hit the target at Mach 4), but the only thing I can think of is that in orbit you have a lot more energy to start with (both in kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy).