The Space Stuff thread

jimjoe said:

Sounds like a good idea to use it to take photos. Just tossing it into the ocean, not so much.

It would benefit the marine ecosystem, but I also like Cliff S's idea to.

Heck, NASA has 10years why don't they contact the big three, Musk. Bezos, Branson. they could turn it into a restaurant/lounge or hotel.

Cliff S said:

I think they should retro fit it with rockets and sensors, and send it in the path of the next big asteroid or comet that flies(but not too near earths orbit) by and film it. But I am just a 10 year old at heart

Do you realize how big and massive the ISS is? It would take a lot of rocket thrust to push that must mass. Even if it had the rocket the acceleration needed would probably tear it apart.

International Space Station Size & Mass

• Pressurized Module Length: 218 feet along the major axis (67 meters)
• Truss Length: 310 feet (94 meters)
• Solar Array Length: 239 feet across both longitudinally aligned arrays (73 meters)
• Mass: 925,335 pounds (419,725 kilograms)

Normally the ISS undergoes only low delta-v reboosts.

ISS Reboost - Today, the ISS performed a reboost using the aft Progress 75P R&D thrusters. The purpose of this reboost is to set up the conditions for Progress 77P 33-Orbit rendezvous on February 15. The burn duration was 6 minutes 58 seconds with a Delta-V of 0.723 m/s.

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 21 January, 2021 - ISS Reboost
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 21 January, 2021 - ISS Reboost - SpaceRef

Barman58 said:

Just wondering how close the re-entry path would be to North Korea?

Oops! Sorry!