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NASA's latest ISS deorbit plans revealed in contract notice (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My bet: a Starship variant. Send it up, refuel it as needed, and you've got a metric shit ton of de-orbit push. Starship will have been to the moon by then, it'll be a proven platform.

Hell, use a fleet and you could reland the ISS if you wanted it back on Earth intact.