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It does seem a shame that it can't be recovered and donated to museums or preserved in some way. I assume that it would be prohibitively expensive/complicated t
by BobaFloutist 2y ago
It does seem a shame that it can't be recovered and donated to museums or preserved in some way. I assume that it would be prohibitively expensive/complicated to try to do so, but it's a huge part of the history of space research, and it's a bit of a bummer to just throw it away.
- rpmisms 2y agoI mean, if Starship works well, it could theoretically retrieve the ISS in a piecemeal fashion.
- westurner 2y agoOrbital refuelling of non-satellite spacecraft at greater than IDK a few km has not been demonstrated. Rendezvouzing and pushing or pulling a 900K lb (350K kg) object in orbit has never been demonstrated. In-orbit outer hull repair on a vessel with occupants has also never been demonstrated? Are there NEO avoidance plans that do not involve fracturing the object into orbital debris on approach?