Recent content by frankjbrown

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 vehicle could just as easily send the ISS to the moon. But I do get the obsolescence / liability thing. On the other hand, there are no supplies or spare...

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 lunar orbit and salvage parts for a future lunar base? Or since spacex is the contractor of choice, perhaps their vehicle could be capable of performing a soft...