The ISS is getting old and increasingly obsolete. NASA intends to bring it back in Earth's atmosphere and end it's mission.
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Technology SpaceX to build a special spacecraft to decommission the ISS in 2033.
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kiely
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You wouldn't want Boeing to do it. They would probably dock the deorbit vehicle to the wrong side of the station and push it farther out rather than bring it back to burn up.
How can this cost almost a billion ?
De-orbiting is just slowing it down so that it falls down to earth.
Basically dock on it, then it reverse thrust until it slowed down enough to de-orbit.
A billion to do that job ?
I'm just kidding. I don't really know.
Maybe they could push it to the moon and get this moon base shit going with some extra materials.
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How can this cost almost a billion ?
De-orbiting is just slowing it down so that it falls down to earth.
Basically dock on it, then it reverse thrust until it slowed down enough to de-orbit.
A billion to do that job ?
I'm just kidding. I don't really know.
Maybe they could push it to the moon and get this moon base shit going with some extra materials.
Star Wars 10 (how fun)
Fire&Water
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By '33 price will increase
to 333,000,000,000,
to 333,000,000,000,
Why, is the ISS a whistleblower?Boeing DEI "technicians" will destroy it for free.
Just send them up there on a repair mission and make some popcorn.
kiely
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It would be best to use it and convert it to a space platform and capture other space junk and fabricate reusable parts.
That can help clear up the debris that causes hazards to craft up there and to make use of the materials.
Save on the cost for resphipping it to orbit.
Maybe run a budget?
hahahahaa
That can help clear up the debris that causes hazards to craft up there and to make use of the materials.
Save on the cost for resphipping it to orbit.
Maybe run a budget?
hahahahaa
The first thing I thought of was a battery of lasers like those old Atari Arcade Cabinets from the 80's
But I don't think it's socially acceptable anymore.
But Yeah, SpaceX or someone else will design something that is better.
But I don't think it's socially acceptable anymore.
But Yeah, SpaceX or someone else will design something that is better.
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Here's cumulative
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A record number of objects went into space in 2023
2,664 objects were launched into space in 2023. This figure breaks the record set the previous year.
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Here's cumulative
Cumulative number of objects launched into space
This includes satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecrafts, and space station flight elements launched into Earth orbit or beyond.
ourworldindata.org
Per year
A record number of objects went into space in 2023
2,664 objects were launched into space in 2023. This figure breaks the record set the previous year.
Here's cumulative
Cumulative number of objects launched into space
This includes satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecrafts, and space station flight elements launched into Earth orbit or beyond.
Seems like SpaceX launches almost a launch per day. I watch them if I remember, but sometimes I'm too spacey.
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Edit, I looked it up and SpaceX has had 60 launches in 2024 as of June 8.
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Fire&Water
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Scotty from star trek
couldve done a better job
couldve done a better job
Electrum1
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Crash it into the moon so more amateur astronomers can see it compared to the sun which needs special telescopes
As an additional bonus, maybe we finally convince the flat earthers the world is round...
Naw, impossible !
