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NASA's latest ISS deorbit plans revealed in contract notice (www.theregister.com)

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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My bet: a Starship variant. Send it up, refuel it as needed, and you've got a metric shit ton of de-orbit push. Starship will have been to the moon by then, it'll be a proven platform.

Hell, use a fleet and you could reland the ISS if you wanted it back on Earth intact.

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ISS would not support it's own weight or even close to it. You would have to basically disassemble the whole thing again for return trips.

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I know. It would be expensive, nobody would pay to do it. But the Smithsonian would get one hell of a display if someone did.

[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I HEARD ELON MUSK IS TOO BIG OF A NAZI PUSSY TO EVEN BE ABLE TO BRING THE ISS HOME FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

I got this dont worry 😉 never fails