NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle - NASA
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  • blaue_Fledermaus
    7•5 months ago

    Would be cool if they instead pushed it up into a cemetery orbit and in the future turned it into a museum.

    • @becausechemistry@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•5 months ago

      It’s way closer to burning up (like, it’ll do it soon and uncontrollably without intervention) than a typical graveyard orbit. And if (when) it started breaking up in a poorly-chosen museum orbit, things would get very messy very fast.

      I say send up a lil robot buddy that can hover around and 3D scan the interior for a few months and let anyone with a VR headset go hang out when they want to answer emails or whatever.

      • @thefartographer@lemm.eeEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        I love the 3D scanning idea. That would be a dream come true to have a virtual tour of the ISS

        One of those places I’ve always wanted to see and hoped to never visit