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A deorbit would create a huge amount of chemicals in the atmosphere that are very harmful to the ozone layer. It might be worth sending up a few more rockets to
by leptons 2y ago
A deorbit would create a huge amount of chemicals in the atmosphere that are very harmful to the ozone layer. It might be worth sending up a few more rockets to give a big enough push to send the ISS into the sun (along with said rockets).
https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-reentry-ozone-depletion-atmosphere https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-reentry-ozone-deple...
https://www.space.com/deorbiting-impact-on-earth-atmosphere-climate https://www.space.com/deorbiting-impact-on-earth-atmosphere-...
- jimbobthrowawy 2y agoWhy the sun? In terms of delta-V that's the hardest target to hit in the entire solar system, since you have to zero out all of earth's orbital velocity.
- didgeoridoo 2y agoMy KSP-fu tells me that you could definitely get a corona-crossing periapsis without zeroing out the velocity relative to the sun. You aren’t trying to land on the bastard.
- mr_toad 2y agoThat much delta v would take a few hundred rockets, not a few. You’d probably cause way more pollution from all those rockets.