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Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station (spacenews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just push it out of orbit and it'll float away.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Into another environment?"

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It'll be beyond the environment.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Into another environment?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"No, no, it’ll be boosted beyond the environment. It’ll not be in the environment."

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But it must be somewhere… Well what's out there?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"There is nothing out there… all there is … is empty space …and vacuum …and sunlight."

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and 20,000 tons of crude oil

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

In space?

[–] Heliumfart@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

That's not how it works, it would take an insane amount of fuel to get it out of Earth's gravity well.