Recent content by steve_foston

Maybe the original question was about time i.e. when in the future the end of solar system will be? The Earth is likely to be consumed by the Sun in 5bn years but what about the outer planets and maybe by then we can engineer the orbit of planets to move the Earth and the inner planets to suit...

I still think that deorbiting the ISS into the ocean is a bad idea. Would it cost that much to place it on the surface of the Moon, I don't know but it may be feasible as it is an important historic artefact.

The ISS may be cluttered and 'old' by modern standards but, nevertheless, it remains the largest structure ever built in space. It is an important historical artefact, I believe the current plan is to deorbit the structure into the ocean when it is finally decommissioned but I believe that such...

Fair comment but the money spent internationally on space exploration is only a tiny proportion of the Earth's resources and the cost/benefits are potentially enormous. Poverty and hunger arise from the greed of the few and the suppression of the many both within and between countries.

There must be a way to use the ISS more constructively at the end of its 'active' life than simply (and safely?) de-orbit it into the Pacific ocean. At some point it will need to be decommissioned but why not move it to the moon and de-orbit it as an artefact of our time to a supporting cradle...

Fictional - Thunderbird 3, Fact - Saturn V