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To: stars & stripes forever

“NASA has planned to use the station up until 2030, at which time it will be burned up in a controlled de-orbit.

SpaceX has been contracted to build a vehicle which can safely push the ISS back down to Earth for a cost of up to $843 million (£650 million).”

I always have considered this option to be dumb as hell. Given the amount of effort and energy it takes to get stuff up there it would behoove EVERYONE to move masses like this into either a very high orbit, or take up the fuel (or build/generate in-situ) to push it into a Lagrange point scrapyard, or even drag it to the moon. It’s not logical to bring all that refined metal, tubing, wire, etc... back down the gravity well here.


121 posted on 10/28/2024 1:20:05 PM PDT by Axenolith (I’ve saved $140,000 on batteries so far with my truck. It runs on LIQUID FUEL )
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To: Axenolith

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122 posted on 10/28/2024 1:30:48 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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