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    frankjbrown reacted to billslugg's post in the thread NASA selects SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space Station with Like.

    In order to deorbit something from LEO, you only need to boost it about 20 m/s. The space tug would be designed to handle that. In order...

    Jun 27, 2024
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    frankjbrown replied to the thread NASA selects SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space Station.

    While I understand this, if we are going to spend the money to build a "space tug" to de-oribit the station, it seems that the same...

    Jun 27, 2024
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    frankjbrown reacted to billslugg's post in the thread NASA selects SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space Station with Like.

    The delta V to put something in LEO is 9256 m/s. The delta V to get to lunar orbit from LEO is 3940 m/s. It would take 40% of what...

    Jun 27, 2024
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    frankjbrown replied to the thread NASA selects SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space Station.

    So just a question...since the most expensive part of a space mission is lofting the equipment into orbit, why not park the ISS in a...

    Jun 27, 2024

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