llamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agoOcean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Stationspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkOcean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Stationspacenews.comllamacoffee@lemmy.worldM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day 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 day 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-up6·1 day agoExtra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up…
minus-squaredindonmasker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoYou mean when it breaks up…
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoJust push it out of orbit and it’ll float away.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 day ago“Into another environment?”
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoIt’ll be beyond the environment.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-220 hours ago“No, no, it’ll be boosted beyond the environment. It’ll not be in the environment.”
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoBut it must be somewhere… Well what’s out there?
minus-squarebasmati@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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.
“Into another environment?”
It’ll be beyond the environment.
Into another environment?
“No, no, it’ll be boosted beyond the environment. It’ll not be in the environment.”
But it must be somewhere… Well what’s out there?
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