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  • Re: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CSpaceX_Lands_=24843_Million_Contract_to_Ma

    From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Thu Jun 27 21:56:47 2024
    In article <v5kme2$2u7fs$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 6/27/2024 1:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <v5kbgk$2s3eq$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    “SpaceX Lands $843 Million Contract to Make Space Station's Deorbit >Vehicle”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-843-million-contract-make-international-space-station-deorbit-vehicle

    “The International Space Station will be decommissioned starting in
    2030. NASA confirms that SpaceX tech will help bring the ISS down to >Earth.”

    Lynn

    Kind of seems like the sort of thing they should have thought about
    before now...

    It would be nice if SpaceX could take the ISS to a higher orbit and save
    it for future uses.

    Lynn


    Yeah, it would be great if we still had Skylab too.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Thu Jun 27 22:22:38 2024
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
    On 6/27/2024 1:41 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <v5kbgk$2s3eq$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    “SpaceX Lands $843 Million Contract to Make Space Station's Deorbit Vehicle”

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-843-million-contract-make-international-space-station-deorbit-vehicle

    “The International Space Station will be decommissioned starting in
    2030. NASA confirms that SpaceX tech will help bring the ISS down to Earth.”

    Lynn

    Kind of seems like the sort of thing they should have thought about
    before now...

    It would be nice if SpaceX could take the ISS to a higher orbit and save
    it for future uses.

    The only possible use for it would be as a source of raw materials
    for in-orbit manufacturing. The ISS is wearing out.

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