Keep the ISS – for free
“Push it out to a Lagrange point. It’s history. Keep it.” This is a sentiment I saw on a space forum. Maybe we do this? Why not?
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This isn’t a stupid idea. It could serve to use the free parking spots we didn’t realise we needed. Read this paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11071-022-07829-1
Easier is to just boosting it up to 600 km altitude or so would give it a lifetime against decay of over a century. High end but existing ion thrusters could do that using the station’s own power.
So sad “For NASA and the United States, losing the space station would mean the forfeiture of more than $100 billion invested in developing the facility and billions more in provisioning and inhabiting the station. NASA has used the space station for myriad purposes, from a platform to conduct more than 2,500 science experiments to testing human health during extended human spaceflight.”
Better do that before it goes up for grabs….
ahh, yes, the “international” problem was always going to break some hearts. Like any relationship. Get over it I guess.
Loads fo stoners would love this as a chillout pad. not just Elon.