llamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoOcean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Stationspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
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minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoYeah we probably should start being more careful about dumping our spacecraft, but not sure the ISS is the one to experiment on.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoExtra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up…
minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYou mean when it breaks up…
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoJust push it out of orbit and it’ll float away.
minus-squareHeliumfart@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat’s not how it works, it would take an insane amount of fuel to get it out of Earth’s gravity well.
minus-squarebasmati@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoIt will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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…
You mean when it breaks up…
Just push it out of orbit and it’ll float away.
That’s not how it works, it would take an insane amount of fuel to get it out of Earth’s gravity well.
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