A quote from someone who will probably die long before we see the worst effects of climate change.
lunar17
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Science is the pursuit of truth, which is antithetical to an administration of liars.
Space Cadet Pinball is available as a Flatpak? There is still beauty in this world 😭
Let's not body shame when we can brain shame.
True, we've pretty much skipped the "socialist" part of "national socialism".
🎶 turn up the radio 🎶
That's not completely accurate. As the NASA link you shared explains, the normal orbit for the ISS is relatively low at 400km, where atmospheric drag and orbital debris pose a risk. The article agrees that the station could be raised into a graveyard orbit (where it could safely remain for several hundred years; this a standard way to retire space hardware), but this would require more delta V than for a controlled deorbit. In turn, this means a more expensive booster vehicle and mission.
So, the ISS could be safely preserved in high orbit, but no one is willing to pay the price to move it there. This makes me a bit sad, as it means the most expensive and impressive engineering project undertaken by humanity to date will be destroyed.
So, I guess any kind of preservation is unlikely. I was hoping the ISS would be put into a graveyard orbit, so it could be kept as a monument, but there doesn't seem to be the will to do that. It's the end of an era, but hopefully that means a new chapter in space exploration is starting.
None of those words are in the bible
Fucking Reagan