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Chatter: Satellites, Space Debris, and Hollywood with Aaron Bateman

The Lawfare Podcast

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Moonraker

There was growing anxiety at the time that over time something akin to this could become a reality. I know it's not a coincidence that Moonraker appears around the same time that there are all of these public reports about Soviet killer satellites. The soon after Moonraker would come out there was a cover of Der Spiegel where you have Soviet shuttles and American shuttles firing lasers at each other. Even though that looks fantastical if you actually read the article there is this real anxiety that what you're seeing in movies like Moonraker in some way or shape or form could becoming a reality within the next decade or perhaps more.

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