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Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station (spacenews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by llamacoffee to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (14 children)

It's really too bad NASA won't boost it up and "park" it in space.

I reckon Point Nemo is going to be a treasure trove for some future archaeologists.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Extra fuel needs aside, if you park it higher and it breaks up...

[–] Dkarma 0 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Just push it out of orbit and it'll float away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's not how it works, it would take an insane amount of fuel to get it out of Earth's gravity well.

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