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The end of the International Space Station ...?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by rivergator, Dec 5, 2023.

  1. Dec 5, 2023 #1
    rivergator

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    Interesting piece about the impending destruction of the ISS. Apparently it can only last so long up there before it starts to fall apart.

    NASA May Pay $1 Billion to Destroy the International Space Station. Here's Why | Scientific American
     
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  2. Dec 5, 2023 #2
    duggers_dad

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    We wouldn’t allow China to collaborate with us so they just built their own.
     
  3. Dec 5, 2023 #3
    l_boy

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    What would be the consequence of knocking it out of orbit and letting it float out into space?
     
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  4. Dec 5, 2023 #4
    Sohogator

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    Reading between the lines of the article many more billions of dollars
     
  5. Dec 5, 2023 #5
    Gator515151

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    Who remembers when skylab fell? I just wore my hardhat.
     
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  6. Dec 5, 2023 #6
    duggers_dad

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    Things like that always crash in uninhabited Australia.
     
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    The ▲v needed to knock its mass out of orbit and floating off into space would break it apart before it reached escape velocity.
     
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    Spurffelbow833

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    92gator

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    We've got more nukes than are needed to blow the planet up 16x over, but we have to pay a billion dollars to bring it back to earth, to hopefully mostly burn up in our atmosphere? o_O
     
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  10. Dec 5, 2023 #10
    exiledgator

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    We have to save them for hurricane season
     
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    channingcrowderhungry

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    Agreed. I can dispose of this thing for $900 million
     
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  12. Dec 5, 2023 #12
    gatorpa

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    Or figuring a way to move it to a lunar orbit and use the modules to build a lunar habitat. Sure it would be costly but cheaper in the long run the biggest expense is getting it off Earth.
     
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    gatorpa

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    I would think slow even controlled burns could slowly move it away. It doesn’t need a big jolt all at once.
     
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  14. Dec 5, 2023 #14
    OklahomaGator

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    I bet Elon Musk could do it for less.
     
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  15. Dec 6, 2023 #15
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    So let’s just crash ours into theirs
     
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  16. Dec 6, 2023 #16
    rivergator

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    There has to be a movie there somewhere. Trump gets convicted, jumps bail and, with Putin’s help, takes over the space station.
    His supporters gather in large crowds, waiting and praying for HIS return.
    Meanwhile, world leaders meet and discuss whether he has space lasers capable of mass destruction.
    Tom Cruise gets a frantic call …
     
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