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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8260291" data-attributes="member: 16814">Ah, I see.&nbsp; You've read a webpage, and so have the understanding that you think you can assign homework (and it's the wrong homework problem, even) to others that point out your failings of understanding?&nbsp; Interesting tack to take.&nbsp; And I say you're assigning the wrong problem because it's the wrong problem.&nbsp; The methods of stealth in space are actually quite well discussed.&nbsp; The primary issue is masking of RF signals, as these are most easily detected.&nbsp; This is done in the modern military, and similar methods apply.&nbsp; The big issue is waste heat, which you have to vent.&nbsp; That's also been discussed, and usually involved cooling systems that allow you to direct heat venting, so you can vent away from where you think the people looking for you are.&nbsp; Given there's no atmosphere is space to absorb and reradiate, merely pointing it away from your opponents makes it very, very hard to detect (you have to hope that something crosses the transmission path and reradiates, like a moth caught in a spotlight beam briefly becomes very bright).&nbsp; These aren't new concepts.Defeating active sensors again looks very much like it does today -- either capture the signal so it can radiate back, or make sure that you redirect the signal away from the source.&nbsp; I mean, this isn't new stuff, it's just stuff you haven't been exposed to, but you feel that since you've read a webpage, I'm the one saying ridiculous things because it doesn't align with your layman's understanding of highly technical concepts that were glossed, very briefly and with lots of hidden assumptions, on a webpage you like.I mean, whatever, right?&nbsp; I'm just now off to continue troubleshooting a satellite radio system, dealing with a known set of frequencies and a fixed geosync satellite, but where we're having a devil of a time figuring out why our signal strength is bouncing around between not seeing it at all, seeing it but not strong enough for comms, and good comms.&nbsp; It's not like I know anything.&nbsp; I'll just go cry with my spectrum analyzer&nbsp; about how badly I misunderstand how easy it is to find things in space.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8260291, member: 16814"] Ah, I see. You've read a webpage, and so have the understanding that you think you can assign homework (and it's the wrong homework problem, even) to others that point out your failings of understanding? Interesting tack to take. And I say you're assigning the wrong problem because it's the wrong problem. The methods of stealth in space are actually quite well discussed. The primary issue is masking of RF signals, as these are most easily detected. This is done in the modern military, and similar methods apply. The big issue is waste heat, which you have to vent. That's also been discussed, and usually involved cooling systems that allow you to direct heat venting, so you can vent away from where you think the people looking for you are. Given there's no atmosphere is space to absorb and reradiate, merely pointing it away from your opponents makes it very, very hard to detect (you have to hope that something crosses the transmission path and reradiates, like a moth caught in a spotlight beam briefly becomes very bright). These aren't new concepts. Defeating active sensors again looks very much like it does today -- either capture the signal so it can radiate back, or make sure that you redirect the signal away from the source. I mean, this isn't new stuff, it's just stuff you haven't been exposed to, but you feel that since you've read a webpage, I'm the one saying ridiculous things because it doesn't align with your layman's understanding of highly technical concepts that were glossed, very briefly and with lots of hidden assumptions, on a webpage you like. I mean, whatever, right? I'm just now off to continue troubleshooting a satellite radio system, dealing with a known set of frequencies and a fixed geosync satellite, but where we're having a devil of a time figuring out why our signal strength is bouncing around between not seeing it at all, seeing it but not strong enough for comms, and good comms. It's not like I know anything. I'll just go cry with my spectrum analyzer about how badly I misunderstand how easy it is to find things in space. [/QUOTE]

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