Sujet : Re: “SpaceX Lands $843 Million Contract to Make Space Station's Deorbit Vehicle”
De : petertrei (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Cryptoengineer)
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On 6/27/2024 2:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <v5kbgk$2s3eq$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
“SpaceX Lands $843 Million Contract to Make Space Station's Deorbit Vehicle”
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https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-843-million-contract-make-international-space-station-deorbit-vehicle
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“The International Space Station will be decommissioned starting in
2030. NASA confirms that SpaceX tech will help bring the ISS down to Earth.”
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Lynn
Kind of seems like the sort of thing they should have thought about
before now...
They did. The original plan involved 3 docked Progress capsules to make
coordinated burns, along with the thrusters aboard the ISS itself.
Russia isn't that cooperative anymore.
Its non-trivial, since the goal is to get it to enter with as short
a debris trail as possible, near Point Nemo in the South Pacific.
Getting enough delta-v to do so quickly enough is complex.
Here's Scott Manley, two years ago, discussing the original plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5lidnLtO7cpt
“SpaceX Lands $843 Million Contract to Make Space Station's Deorbit Vehicle”
Re: “SpaceX Lands $843 Million Contract to Make Space Station's Deorbit Vehicle”
