[AR] Re: The Atlantic: Elon Musk and SpaceX Want to Fly From NYC to Shanghai in 39 Minutes
- From: Nels Anderson <nels.anderson@xxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:18:11 -0500
On 10/11/2017 11:01 AM, Henry Spencer wrote:
Trying to push your way through their airspace regardless is
certainly a violation of neutrality and probably an act of war, while
orbiting overhead is neither. (And on the pragmatic side, most
nations are equipped to dispute passage through their airspace, while
the hardware needed to interfere with spaceflight is a lot less common.)
Aren't entry trajectories likely to be pretty shallow, to limit G-loads
and peak heating? Seems to me there's a likelihood of flying through a
third party's *air*space at, say 300 kft, on the way to the target.
Granted, at the relevant altitude and speed, the pragmatic point may
still apply in many cases.
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