Comment on NASA selects SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space Station

MrNesser@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• hagelslager@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  To paraphrase an answer I read elsewhere: de-orbiting would be like pushing it down from the first step of a long flight of stairs. Pushing it away from Earth would require ascending the long flight of stairs, which is much harder.

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• Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So the space dolphins can live without the fear of being hit by a big metal thing.

  But actually because it would probably require less Δv

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