threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month ago[Stephen Clark] Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Stationarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-link[Stephen Clark] Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Stationarstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoCollapse the solar and radiators, orient for reduced drag, maybe shield the front? Then boost to a higher orbit. Aim for… 20 years?
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoBut why? If the upkeep is getting overwhelming and no commercial operators want the parts, that’s just creating a ticking time bomb out of sentimentality. I’d rather clean up space by bringing it down.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHumans are sentimental. You can park it in an empty orbit, i don’t think that’d be an issue. It’ll just be more expensive.
Collapse the solar and radiators, orient for reduced drag, maybe shield the front? Then boost to a higher orbit. Aim for… 20 years?
But why? If the upkeep is getting overwhelming and no commercial operators want the parts, that’s just creating a ticking time bomb out of sentimentality. I’d rather clean up space by bringing it down.
Humans are sentimental. You can park it in an empty orbit, i don’t think that’d be an issue. It’ll just be more expensive.