Well from the description of a "hovering" craft, I doubt that it would really be a competitor for airspace. The only place where a plane would be likely to come even close to the things would be around airports and that would obviously be restricted for the drones.
Maybe this has been discussed before on another thread, but how the heck do you protect your buildings that are completely exposed to the elements of space? Without an atmosphere to burn up or dismantle most of what comes at it, is there really a plausible way to shield your structures from essentially anything at any speed?
Hopefully some of the space guys can shed some light on this for me.
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Well from the description of a "hovering" craft, I doubt that it would really be a competitor for airspace. The only place where a plane would be likely to come even close to the things would be around airports and that would obviously be restricted for the drones.
Maybe this has been discussed before on another thread, but how the heck do you protect your buildings that are completely exposed to the elements of space? Without an atmosphere to burn up or dismantle most of what comes at it, is there really a plausible way to shield your structures from essentially anything at any speed? Hopefully some of the space guys can shed some light on this for me.