Ars says the companies pitching Golden Dome’s orbital interceptors are still very much in the “maybe someday” phase, with cost and scaling doing most of the reality-checking.
Yeah “maybe someday” feels right here — it’s like trying to build a roof that has to catch raindrops while the roof is moving and the raindrops are accelerating. even if one interceptor works, scaling it to real coverage sounds like an insane amount of hardware and launches, so cost just eats the idea alive.
