NASA Seeks Proposals from US Industry for Station Deorbit Spacecraft
NASA Seeks Proposals from US Industry for Station Deorbit Spacecraft
NASA has released a request for proposal from U.S. industry for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle (USDV), a spacecraft meant to safely deorbit the International Space Station as part of its planned retirement.
$10 says it's going to be a Starship variant, possibly with extra engines and cold gas thrusters.
I wonder if anyone will counter propose to put the whole thing in a parking orbit as a museum piece.
I wonder if anyone will counter propose to put the whole thing in a parking orbit as a museum piece.
This is what I’ve been thinking. I assume it hasn’t been on the table because it would be hugely expensive and difficult (due to the station not being designed for the kind of burns needed to substantially boost its orbit). But honestly, I’d much rather see funds and research devoted to preserving such a significant piece of space flight history over manned trips to the moon and mars.
Put a nuke in it and detonate when it's over Australia at night, make sure the nuke has enough megatons to make it daylight, that'll show em
My wife was like “aww, that’s kinda sad”
Then I read “put a nuke in it” and busted out laughing at the juxtaposition of tone.
All that does is scatter radioactive bits and parts all over the earth
Hey it was a proposal, they didn't specify whether it had to be good
I want HD cameras recording the whole thing. Inside and out!