Keep the ISS - for free

MeterMan on September 29, 2022 at 3:18 pm

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/...

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

Lagrangian dynamics and the discovery of cislunar periodic orbits - Nonlinear Dynamics

Link: https://link.springer.com/articl

Through the art of applying assumptions which restrict the orbital shape and relative inclination of celestial bodies such as the Earth and Moon, trajectory prediction of small bodies of comparatively negligible mass (i.e., a satellite) within a multi-body gravitational system is possible. In this r... Read more

Clever Dick on September 27, 2022 at 11:13 pm

Idea: Keep the ISS – for free

Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/ho...

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.”

How to save the International Space Station and prevent the dreaded “gap”

Link: https://arstechnica.com/science/