@llamacoffeeM to [email protected]English • 11 hours agoOcean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Stationspacenews.commessage-square10arrow-up133arrow-down11
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 hours agoYeah we probably should start being more careful about dumping our spacecraft, but not sure the ISS is the one to experiment on.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•10 hours agoIt’s really too bad NASA won’t boost it up and “park” it in space. I reckon Point Nemo is going to be a treasure trove for some future archaeologists.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•10 hours agoExtra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 hours agoIt will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 hours agoThis is not correct if it broke up in a circular orbit
Yeah we probably should start being more careful about dumping our spacecraft, but not sure the ISS is the one to experiment on.
It’s really too bad NASA won’t boost it up and “park” it in space.
I reckon Point Nemo is going to be a treasure trove for some future archaeologists.
Extra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up…
Just push it out of orbit and it’ll float away.
“Into another environment?”
It’ll be beyond the environment.
Into another environment?
It will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
This is not correct if it broke up in a circular orbit
You mean when it breaks up…