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annodomini2
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There appears to be concern given the misson failed, one idea I have had is that instead of having the return to earth system fitted to the satellite/capture vehicle.<br /><br />Possibly have the cargo deposited into a orbit where it can be captured by the ISS (by some means or another) then the return to earth system could be attached there, this has many benefits including:<br /><br />1. The recovery system hasn't been sat in space for X years being damaged by the harsh environment.<br /><br />2. The payload weight could be less given that the earth re-entry equipment is not present.<br /><br />I can see there may also be problems with this idea, given that it may be too difficult to get it to ISS capture and that also there may be too much of a risk factor in flying something towards ISS, but its an idea.<br /><br />Comments? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>