Novelist Larry Bod wrote a book called Lash Up. The Chinese were destroying American satellites and we had no way to combat it. To create a new space weapon would take a decade or better because of the government procurement and oversight rules.
A small team was given Carte Blanche authority and budget to do whatever it took to make it happen and skip any normal channels they found necessary.
It was in interesting concept. Of course, it also requires honorable men, which we are woefully short of in DC
I am not into SyFi any longer, but we have incredible technology, if it is used right.
Elon Musk @elonmusk (Aug 2, 2024)
This will be the first spacewalk by a commercial company and the furthest from Earth anyone has traveled in over half a century!
https://publish.twitter.com/?url=https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1826410871796760784#
SpaceX @SpaceX
Targeting Tuesday, August 27 for launch of Polaris Dawn, the first of the @PolarisProgram’s three human spaceflight missions designed to advance the future of spaceflight
It also requires people who can do advanced math, but that’s condemned as a racist concept.