NASA Just Picked SpaceX To Deorbit The International Space Station

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For more than two decades the International Space Station has been orbiting Earth. In that time, it has helped NASA among other agencies have consistent access to low Earth orbit, but it has also cost them quite a bit. It’s estimated that the floating laboratory costs the agency around $3 billion every year, which accounts for roughly a third of the total human spaceflight budget.
With that in mind, NASA has also been working toward its eventual decommissioning, which is expected to happen in 2030, where they purposely deorbit the station, burning up in the atmosphere. Just today however we finally learned what company will be helping in that unique process with a specially designed vehicle. Here I will go more in-depth into the agency picking SpaceX, what type of de-orbit vehicle we can expect, future replacements, and more.
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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - NASA Picks SpaceX

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@PaulMaillet 2 күн бұрын

Boeing has far more experience making things crash and burn. SpaceX will end up landing the ISS safely in TX.

@SuperiorDave 2 күн бұрын

Lol, then have rapid reusable boosters attached and relaunched before the season changes. Lol

@WebberAerialImaging 2 күн бұрын

😂

@jonathanmvkhai 2 күн бұрын

Lol a good one!

@NS-tn3th 2 күн бұрын

“Another first for the SpaceX team.” Watch them make it routine, and have Blue Origin sue them for it 🤣🤣

@chiaricharlie6608 2 күн бұрын

❤👍

@MadJustin7 2 күн бұрын

But will starliner still be attached to the ISS when they deorbit 🤔🤔🤔

@vdwhite687 2 күн бұрын

Lmfao

@garreth629 2 күн бұрын

Crew demo still attached.😂

@Yuhyuhmuhmuh 2 күн бұрын

😂

@redminer8684 2 күн бұрын

Butch and Suni probably have a safer chance re-entering on a deorbiting space station than on starliner. Just stand at the airlock with a parachute and pray I guess

@robertmiranda2444 2 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@greenrocket23 2 күн бұрын

RIP ISS, I'm glad we have lived through a time where something like this was possible.

@karliszauers1 2 күн бұрын

Don't worry it will free up funds for gateway & Artemis

@GlutenEruption 2 күн бұрын

@@karliszauers1go watch the smarter every day video "I was scared to say this to NASA...". There are unfortunately SERIOUS problems with the entire Artemis architecture because Artemis has never been about getting to the moon, it's about finding a convenient excuse by the politicians to keep the cash flowing to Boeing and Thiokol and Lockheed and all the other shuttle contractors around the country that would have had to shut down or lay off employees when the shuttle program ended if not for constellation and now Artemis. Telling NASA to focus on going back to the moon, only this time it has to include a lunar space station, a polar base, an orbital tank farm in LEO, a 100T 10+ story lander, with double the crew on the surface, relay communications satellites, etc., oh and you have to use old shuttle hardware instead of clean sheet designs even though it means a rocky that all that suitable for its stated goal, in the same time frame as Apollo, but we're not even going to give you a *fraction* of the funding of Apollo... it's obvious they don't actually care whether we actually get back to the moon or not which is massively unfortunate. If Artemis ever does succeed, it's going to be LONG after the ISS is gone.

@obsidianjane4413 2 күн бұрын

@@karliszauers1 Yeah.... A useful established space station for a useless redundant one.

@Gomtu 2 күн бұрын

@@obsidianjane4413 both useless.

@iandavidvillaloboswong5180 2 күн бұрын

The chinese one is still working

@cobaltuniversedotnet 2 күн бұрын

I wonder how long it will take Blue Origin to sue for the ISS contract.

@bluecreeper9305 2 күн бұрын

Definentally an underated comment!

@AndyFromBeaverton 2 күн бұрын

And somehow Bezos got the contract to Mars.

@WebberAerialImaging 2 күн бұрын

Since they can't get to space, they'd have to bring it down with lawfare.

@SebastianWellsTL 2 күн бұрын

If I can't have the cookies no one else can. Such a childish mentality.

@drfranks1158 2 күн бұрын

really? when destruction is on the menu, they failed to pick Boeing ? This timeline is bonkers.

@WebberAerialImaging 2 күн бұрын

Yeah, Boeing likely would fail to have anything that could make it to ISS by 2030. Only rocket company performing more slowly would be Sue Origin.

@SuperGiggun 2 күн бұрын

The key is destroying it safely :) leave it to boeing to potentially miss the fucking ocean

@ronjon7942 2 күн бұрын

@@SuperGiggunBrilliant.

@JontyLevine 2 күн бұрын

I know recovering the station intact is not an option, but I really wish they could save one little piece of it. The cupola is the ideal candidate for this, as it has the most sentimental value of any ISS module. And they could set it up in a museum with a big-screen projection of Earth behind it so little kids could observe the planet through the very same sheets of glass that real astronauts looked through.

@obsidianjane4413 2 күн бұрын

Who knows by 2030, SpaceX might have the capability with Starship to pick off and return components as part of the "deorbit operation". Salvage rights ya' know.

@cmbaz1140 2 күн бұрын

They should have tried to land it on the moon or at least let it orbit the moon... regardless the parts could have been useful for future colonies...

@obsidianjane4413 2 күн бұрын

@@cmbaz1140 The Moon's gravity is very lumpy, it would not stay in lunar orbit without a lot of constant orbit/attitude maintenance.

@chpsilva 2 күн бұрын

@@cmbaz1140 they are really far away from Moon. Like, a lot.

@cmbaz1140 2 күн бұрын

@@chpsilva time is not important just a little push so that in ten years or so it will reach the moon... I know it would require effort since the distance is alot...

@dillonbledsoe7680 2 күн бұрын

Wouldn't it be freaking sick if they put livestream cameras up everywhere inside of the station?

@rolanddeschain965 2 күн бұрын

With starlink we'll be able to see the whole thing. If you haven't seen the re entry video from starship test flight 3 it's amazing video, and don't miss test flight four.

@ronjon7942 2 күн бұрын

YES! Cameras on the inside watching it burn up from the outside in! Wonder if it could work. Would there be too much plasma for the cameras’ signal to get through?

@Khemani_RL 2 күн бұрын

I think Boeing would be a better candidate for this mission. Boeing knows a thing or two about destructing things 🤷🏾‍♂️

@delfinenteddyson9865 2 күн бұрын

they excel at unscheduled destructions, but I am afraid Nasa favors the scheduled kind

@SebastianWellsTL 2 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@gamerfan8445 Күн бұрын

To be fair SpaceX is also pretty good at destroying stuff.

@NonBinary_Star 2 күн бұрын

who else read the title thinking .. Starliner effed up so bad that SpaceX has to go deorbit the entire ISS..? 😂

@mikapeltokorpi7671 2 күн бұрын

Deorbiting ISS has been under plans for a decade already. It's long overdue.

@VolkerHett 2 күн бұрын

And then have museums and collectors bid for it. Sounds like a plan! :)

@Zak6959 2 күн бұрын

There were only over budget by one and a half billion dollars, what do you expect?

@laz7354 Күн бұрын

Noone with a brain

@NS-tn3th 2 күн бұрын

Be nice to have a Starship dock with the ISS and offload as much as possible

@nottrevorallen 2 күн бұрын

3:59 uninhibited ocean be like "hey stop throwing all that shit in me bro"

@toyyatahelper9264 2 күн бұрын

Naw…uninhibited ocean is down with it, unlike that uptight inhabited ocean.

@Wisald 2 күн бұрын

2030 sounds like a stretch considering how badly ISS is aging

@SuperiorDave 2 күн бұрын

I was thinking 2027

@ARWest-bp4yb 2 күн бұрын

That's going to be one epic fireball!💥💥

@SebastianWellsTL 2 күн бұрын

Indeed!

@benstone5650 2 күн бұрын

Keep sending the starliner up and they might not have to worry about it. “Will starliner still be attached” 🤣😂

@mustang607 2 күн бұрын

So what would it take to send the international space station to orbit the moon?

@snapper69996666 2 күн бұрын

Good question and idea

@sakshamShukla_ 2 күн бұрын

@@snapper69996666 not a good idea. 450tonnes trans lunar injection capability ( which even the future starship v3 wont have) and all that work just to send an outdated station to the moon.

@filip3148 2 күн бұрын

Actually quite doable. ISS weighs 420t and needs 4100m/s to get into Lunar orbit, if we used a starship with its efficient raptor engines achieving 380s of specific impulse, that would mean 8420t of fuel or 7 starship refills. So. Doable.

@NonBinary_Star 2 күн бұрын

super fascinating question. since the majority of the habitat payload is already up in space it does seem like a hell of a way to save 💰💰 comparatively speaking (i mean .. the Artemis program is #@!*). ISS has more than proven itself. even if it is older. politics and bureaucracy make me super weary of ALL of NASA's pipeline of new lunar equipment/tools. but, i'm sure they've thought about moving the ISS moon'ward. id be interested in finding out why that wont work. maybe we can get Fraser Cain to interview someone or address this in one of his Q&A sessions 🤔🤔

@walterhumanolo5586 2 күн бұрын

@@NonBinary_Star hab modules are probably dangerously old by then but the struss, radiators and solar panels could still be usable.

@TimJSwan 2 күн бұрын

They had better place cameras inside and upload stream the video to starlink so we can see its last moments inside.

@CountArtha 2 күн бұрын

I know you meant to say *"uninhabited region"* instead of *"uninhibited,"* but now I'm picturing it coming down over Las Vegas or some such place.

@myvideosetc.8271 2 күн бұрын

Super heavy today can get the same volume in orbit in one launch, is good to know that having something better up won't take so many shuttle missions like the iss.

@supermaster2012 2 күн бұрын

Same mass, not same volume. The benefit of the STS was the cargo hold's shape and location in the spacecraft meaning it didn't have to be symmetrical or cylindrical.

@myvideosetc.8271 2 күн бұрын

@@supermaster2012 Without the shuttle cargo hold limitations you can even have more volume with less mass, Starship pressurized volume is bigger than the whole ISS, if going full skylab is an option, we can see even more outrageous things in orbit wthout the need of years playing lego in LEO and abhorent costs.

@supermaster2012 2 күн бұрын

@@myvideosetc.8271 starship is a scam, we're talking about super heavy here which you know, exists and can fly.

@91wheelz 2 күн бұрын

It would be cool to bring it back down module by module just because of the work that was put into getting the station up into orbit and the money spent on maintaining it but I understand that sending up a vehicle to push it toward a trajectory where it will de-orbit and burn up is cheaper

@supermaster2012 2 күн бұрын

There's no way to recover the modules, they're as I've compared to any spacecraft capable of reentry and even if there was there isn't any heat shield big enough to generate a comma that covers even the smallest module.

@lanzer22 2 күн бұрын

Poor decision. They could had just picked Boeing to build a Starliner Max and load it up with the last MCAS software version. :)

@GreyDeathVaccine 2 күн бұрын

🤣

@lukes6868 2 күн бұрын

And add an extra door

@intotron6708 2 күн бұрын

Actually that could do the trick, but it would be non-controllable all the way along.

@stanislasflipo7214 2 күн бұрын

Shhhhsh don't give them ideas

@chiaricharlie6608 2 күн бұрын

😂

@ralphclark 2 күн бұрын

Q: Why deorbit into an *uninhibited* part of the ocean? A: It’s a region of the ocean where anything goes.

@debott4538 2 күн бұрын

I have but one request: Make it epic!

@queeg6473 2 күн бұрын

How long will it be before BO sues nasa for not picking them?

@ARWest-bp4yb 2 күн бұрын

Sue Origin!😂😂

@badsamaritan8223 2 күн бұрын

Makes me wonder if SpaceX could disassemble it, and bring down most of it intact with Starship. Imagine the ACTUAL ISS being at the National Air and Space Museum, and you could tour it?

@iansysoev9462 Күн бұрын

It is ISS, not ASS. Also russian "Science" modul will not be deorbited with the rest of station.

@SlavTiger Күн бұрын

I hope we replace it with something similar or better, ideally with ameteur radio like the current iss.

@chrisculhane3777 2 күн бұрын

They must want this done right and on time. Thats why space x was chosen

@LIVE3DPrinting 2 күн бұрын

Its a shame it isn't possible to relocate the ISS to the Moon or Mars, or is it? They did pick Space X which has made the impossible possible countless times already.

@OttoKreml Күн бұрын

At first I read thar you used detroit as a verb. Which was so savage.

@Mexzot Күн бұрын

Given the cost of putting that much mass into space, why don’t they shove it to the moon!? If there is a moonbase in the future, it will be useful raw materials and perhaps some value in whatever survives.

@MrGunderfly 2 күн бұрын

in the original specs for starliner, wasn't is intended to be able to maneuver the iss when attached, and ultimately be able to deorbit iss? part of the design of the detachable service module was so that it could carry more maneuvering propellent and house more powerful maneuvering thrusters than otherwise. maybe i am getting that wrong, or just dreamed it.

@revvluvv 2 күн бұрын

Why not just relocate it to a graveyard orbit ? It make much more sense as the cost to to do an orbital correction would be a fraction. it would eliminate risk to LEO constellations as well as possible terrestrial damage from the deorbit.

@Aerius_21 2 күн бұрын

Prolly just using a standard cargo dragon, then using the super draco's already on the capsule as the deorbit burn engines

@rocketman475 2 күн бұрын

Elon should boost it to a higher orbit and refurbish it for trainees to derive educational value from it// as a training facility, a permanent profitable space motel and a standby refuge in case emergencies arise on other space platforms or missions. A space rescue unit with vehicles attached and ready for emergency earth return. A fuel / food/ water storage/ holding facility.

@RedRyan 2 күн бұрын

I definitely see SpaceX contacting several museums and states and getting them to pay like 5 or 10% more per contributor and they will get access to the space station once they bring the whole thing down in several starships

@dirtylabrat958 2 күн бұрын

Why not boost the ISS away from earth for future historians to recover for education and nostalgia?

@Sven-jx6uv 2 күн бұрын

This is explained in the video. If they boost it to a graveyard orbit it can still be hit and fall apart and be unpredictable. Loss of control makes preservation a bad idea.

@rklein 2 күн бұрын

If starship is functional by then maybe SpaceX could bring back some of ISS before deorbiting the rest?

@jonahhekmatyar 2 күн бұрын

Rip, we should boost it to a higher stable orbit.

@jonahhekmatyar 2 күн бұрын

(just think how cool it'd be if in a few hundred years we could have museums with these important pieces of history)

@greenrocket23 2 күн бұрын

@@jonahhekmatyar Yeah, it makes me kinda sad seeing something so unique being destroyed

@yummysatay 2 күн бұрын

I second this. ISS and Hubble would make great exhibits for future International Space Museum in space. Petition to get NASA to change the letter "D" to "R"eorbit

@catprog 2 күн бұрын

Or at the very least bring the cupola back for a musuem.

@TheMoneypresident 2 күн бұрын

Have it sent to the moon and land it.

@alfrede.newman1838 2 күн бұрын

So, just a simple question, but without turning the ISS into 'junk' why couldn't we send the ISS to deep, deep space like a Voyager mission?

@PBurns-ng3gw 2 күн бұрын

They should keep adding on to the ISS until it turns into the only watchable scene from _Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets_

@AdstarAPAD 2 күн бұрын

Why don't they raise the international Space Station up into a Geo-stationary orbit.. Surely in the future they could use the metals in the station as material that can be used to build new space craft or a station in space.. It must have cost millions to lift all that metal up into orbit .. In the future after being scrapped in space the future space agency will have saved a lot of resources in not having to lift up all that metal to build a new space station? Even if it is only visited by space tourists in the future there has to be a monetary value in the historic value of the ISS?

@georgewashington1621 2 күн бұрын

Why even de-orbit it instead of pulling it to a graveyard orbit? If something goes wrong during de-orbit maneuvers, large chunks could end up falling on populated areas. If something happens during orbit raising maneuvers, nothing bad happens. Also the orbit could be raised very gradually using ion thrusters and power from ISS's own solar panels, thus it will be weight and cost effective. Also while being on a graveyard orbit, it could be visited in future by private missions for entertainment, kind of like when divers visit sunken ships. Crews could enter modules (most likely depressurized at this point) wearing suits and explore them. And, of obviously, at some point it could be disassembled in orbit and returned to earth piece by piece using Starship.

@robbybobbyhobbies 2 күн бұрын

5:55 onwards

@metheone2486 23 сағат бұрын

stick some chutes on it and take it to the moon , some spare parts ahead for future missions

@DARisse-ji1yw 2 күн бұрын

Slowly boost to a permanent museum orbit

@supermaster2012 2 күн бұрын

So I took the CC from the video and run it through a few interesting websites and the results are: Total websites checked: 7 Websites that say it's AI generated: 6 Websites that say it's human generated: 1

@BigBoss-sm9xj 2 күн бұрын

huh keep investigating

@Gkitchens1 2 күн бұрын

I think it’s stupid that they don’t just spend the money to expand what they have and bring it up to modern needs, but, what a nice in a lifetime thing to get to hopefully see.

@Fusion_4000 2 күн бұрын

They should also hire SpaceX to help design and build the next gen spacestation. SpaceX coupd have it built in a year or two with how many rockets they launch and reuse on rotation

@user-wn7wi8bl6f 2 күн бұрын

Any news of a replacement?

@csakamatsu 2 күн бұрын

There are plans to sell part or the whole do ISS ? It will save money for NASA and other companies that wishes to lift a space station.

@teslabot5650 2 күн бұрын

If they can dock a falcon 2nd stage that would work

@intotron6708 2 күн бұрын

I think of another purpose for such a deorbit vehicle. The main functions of such a thing would be a) dock autonomously with the ISS, and b) perform engine burns controlled from afar. There is another object in orbit, which could benefit from such capabilities. The Hubble could be docked to, and some engine burns could push the orbit to lengthen the lifetime for a later refurbishment. I mean, if you have that vehicle, why not do more use of it?

@AuralioCabal-nl8gi 2 күн бұрын

Space X Starnan has to comeback and help with the de- orbiting of the ISS, pointing to Earth.👨‍🚀 he says " Starman come home"

@dezzodarling 23 сағат бұрын

Why don't they send it in total - or parts thereof - to the Moon (or Mars) - as a base for more science along the same lines of its current mission outline?

@fians4793 2 күн бұрын

Even if it’s more expensive, I’d rather they try and return it. Something as monumental as the ISS deserves to be in a museum. Maybe once star ship is done it could bring it back in pieces, the fairing should be more than large enough.

@Fusion_4000 2 күн бұрын

Would the museum be connected to the UN headquarters since the ISS is composed of modules from many countries

@fians4793 2 күн бұрын

@@Fusion_4000 I’d say it could be broken down into its component modules and returned to the countries that built them. Basically bringing it down in the same pieces they went up in.

@WebberAerialImaging 2 күн бұрын

How does one know if an ocean is inhibited or uninhibited?😉

@mimwarlick1604 Күн бұрын

It’s about time NASA got on the SpaceX train…

@toplesstattoo4301 2 күн бұрын

Soo what was the other option?

@LuMaxQFPV 2 күн бұрын

It's not really something to try to save. There is a high microbe load in the living space now. There's no way to fix that.

@teslabot5650 2 күн бұрын

Watch this be the beginnig of the end. Some crazy virus survives and infects the ocean killing all life on earth

@badsamaritan8223 2 күн бұрын

What?

@scottwright8354 2 күн бұрын

Why don't they decouple the various assemblies and bring them in separately? I'm sure there is a cost difference, yet it seems it would be much safer, and easier to control separate modules than the entire station.

@rolanddeschain965 2 күн бұрын

They will be, I think they said 4 phases beginning with the solar array the final being the main body.

@HistoryOnPaper 2 күн бұрын

Since space x are making it, it should have a good connection with stat link so just imagine the view we could get from any onboard cameras

@redassi 2 күн бұрын

Will Starliner still be there?

@Chad_Thundercock Күн бұрын

"uninhibited ocean", you say? I'd hope that it's uninhabited as well.

@mypridemonth 2 күн бұрын

Boeing should handle this task as they're great at breaking and destroying things and they should be made to do it at no cost to the government.

@softwarephil1709 2 күн бұрын

They shouldn’t wait until 2030. Anything that can be learned from the ISS has already been learned over the last 20 years.

@ronjon7942 2 күн бұрын

Okay, I’m jumping on the Boeing-bash train. If Boeing keeps launching Starliners but fails to bring them back, maybe they could be cobbled together into a space station of sorts. Regarding deorbiting the ISS, you can’t tell me there aren’t any engineers at SpaceX dreaming up scenarios to bring it back on a Starship or two. Even if it never happens. I mean, I’m thinking about it, and I’m about as original as wood.

@maxhugen 2 күн бұрын

It will be a sad day when the ISS is decommissioned. I still watch the ISS on the occasions it's visible in Australia during early evening or morning, and have pointed it out to my grandchildren. ☹🇦🇺

@donepearce 2 күн бұрын

How much delta vee is needed? I'm glad it will be splashed down in an uninhibited region of the ocean. An open and receptive mind is very important to this kind of manoeuvre.

@tech5298 2 күн бұрын

Not much.

@DrKartoffelsalat 2 күн бұрын

It depends on the required precision. Just deorbiting it is not that hard, just push the perigee further down and have the atmosphere do it's job, it'll be slow and imprecise. But for precision, adjustments will be needed.

@donepearce 2 күн бұрын

@@DrKartoffelsalat Getting it into the top of the atmosphere need not be that precise. Once it has started slowing noticeably a final, accurate nudge will take it into a controlled descent. I say controlled, but this is no re-entry capsule. It has bits sticking out all over and its attitude will not be controllable. Splashdown will be approximate at best, so they will have to aim for the middle of the pacific.

@ronjon7942 2 күн бұрын

And open mind, as well as the desire to try new positions.

@tomusmc1993 2 күн бұрын

Hit for Boeing. Starliner was designed to be able to make orbital changes for the ISS. Seems like NASA thought better of it

@undercovernerd1137 2 күн бұрын

After spending billions and decades, we have the ISS finished! A remarkable human achievement. Okay, let's deorbit it.

@davevario 2 күн бұрын

I think you mean "uninhabited" not "uninhibited"

@maddmarkk1 2 күн бұрын

Wild my brother just had an interview with Jacob’s engineering for the deorbit vehicle now I’m curious

@-er-un1wt 2 күн бұрын

Would love to see it pushed out and abandoned if possible , so one day it could be retrieved.

@aaronkoch3273 2 күн бұрын

quick comment: You are using the word "uninhibited" when I think you mean "uninhabited."

@alfredshort3 2 күн бұрын

The very first 800 million dollar space tug

@James-zj9ky 2 күн бұрын

Boeing has fucked up on a Galactic scale 😮

@iamsick5204 Күн бұрын

Imagine spacex just packs up the iss into starship to land it😅 but really i cant believe they arnt putting the iss into a memorial orbit

@patricklewis7636 2 күн бұрын

"Uninhibited?" I think you mean "uninhabited."

@DARisse-ji1yw 2 күн бұрын

Boost slowly to a museum orbit....

@jkleylein 2 күн бұрын

I guess that means SpaceX will be deorbiting Starliner at that time, too . . .

@efoxxok7478 2 күн бұрын

Since the plan is basically a controlled crash with the earth Boeing should have gotten the contract. They are expert at making things crash.

@zaxxon4 2 күн бұрын

Elon needs to get the Tesla robot ready, and build an orbital manufacturing plant for recycling decommissioned satellites into new ones. The cost of getting this stuff up there is already spent, and most of the mass is metal that the electronics are bolted to.

@chax0208 2 күн бұрын

I hope we get an equivalent(International) replacement but with current politics I doubt it, so I hope we at least get a nasa,esa, csa and jaxa station

@zmblion 2 күн бұрын

It will be 2050 before sue origin gets the first module into space

@johnweiland9389 2 күн бұрын

What about the russian section?

@bluecreeper9305 2 күн бұрын

Guys, its going to be Ship 26, the immortal.

@12HedmanLane 2 күн бұрын

Just leave Starliner attached. It will come down real quick

@lordgarion514 2 күн бұрын

Getting something to crash would seem to be something right up Boeing's alley.

@billm6774 2 күн бұрын

So are they going to leave Boeing's Starliner in orbit or crash it with the station? Boeing's had engineers on the ground for months trying to fix their greatest craft ever and now they expect 2 astronauts to fix it whilst in orbit. Sounds like Boeings first words after any of their planes have gone down. "Pilot error"

@Kyle-xt8ip 2 күн бұрын

What does it mean when our government is picking Space X in the decommissioning of the ISS.

@clnelson321 2 күн бұрын

Seems like a waste to bring it all down. Keeping the solar array for future stations makes more sense.

@user-er5rr1gb6t 2 күн бұрын

good decision

@geesehoward700 2 күн бұрын

Im surprised the ISS cant deorbit itself

@snaplash 2 күн бұрын

Deorbit it with something that can bring it to a complete stop and drop it straight down onto land. Record the desce t and crash.

@JD-mq8ej 2 күн бұрын

Be hilarious if SpaceX sent a starship, recovered it, then put it on display at Starbase. All while only utilizing half the budget.

@rareform6747 Күн бұрын

Just move it ?

@glennchartrand5411 2 күн бұрын

Starliner was built to do the deorbit burn. That's why it has so many thrusters. Getting stuck , for several weeks, on the ISS because of failing thrusters must have been the final straw for NASA.

@obsidianjane4413 2 күн бұрын

No.

@sandbridgekid4121 2 күн бұрын

It should be a reorbit ship that pushes humanities greatest to date space achievement into a higher orbit, and keeps it there until there IS a National Air & Space Mueum annex in orbit.

@sakshamShukla_ 2 күн бұрын

cool. But maintaining space station at high earth orbit would be much harder and expensive. right?

@user-vo8zx2uj1p 2 күн бұрын

It just going to hit meteoroid and debris will tear it up without any fix possible, you just want something that will be nothing more than a wreck

@polishkerbal6920 2 күн бұрын

@@sakshamShukla_Yep.

@cccaaa9034 2 күн бұрын

Deorbiting of ISS is wrong. It should be sent to a much higher orbit and serve as a point of interest for future explorers similar to decommissioned and sunk ships that divers explore.

@polishkerbal6920 2 күн бұрын

Van allen belts make it a bad idea to boost it into a higher orbit.

@michaeldeierhoi4096 2 күн бұрын

Too expensive. Scott Manley did a good video on debunking that idea.

@universeisundernoobligatio3283 2 күн бұрын

Will Blue Organ now sue Space X about this contract?

@brunonikodemski2420 2 күн бұрын

To quote a former NASA environmentalist. "The Solution To Pollution Is Dilution". Just spread it out all over the Earth. Can we do this with nuclear waste, so that we can have more electricity for air-conditioning in California?

@victorkrawchuk9141 2 күн бұрын

NASA specifying exactly how the ISS is to be deorbited sounds a bit like the government issuing RFPs for a state-of-the-art biplane fighter in 1935. Meanwhile, the state of technology continues to pass them by. In contrast, contracts for things like landscaping work typically have clauses that say the customer cannot tell the contractor exactly how to do the work that was agreed to. I really wouldn't be surprised if by 2030 SpaceX would be able to bring the entire ISS down in pieces non-destructively using Starship. The ISS could then be reconstructed and installed in a museum for everyone to spend money to see and smell, but NASA's RFP focuses only on what can be done today.