NASA has released a request for proposal from U.S. industry for the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle (USDV), a spacecraft meant to safely deorbit the International Space Station as part of its planned retirement.
Deorbiting is the best option. But still I wish there was a better way, there’s a lot of material and it took lot of energy to put into orbit. Hopefully one day there’ll be satellite scrapping/recycling services in orbit, to provide resources for orbital shipyards.
Deorbiting is the best option. But still I wish there was a better way, there’s a lot of material and it took lot of energy to put into orbit. Hopefully one day there’ll be satellite scrapping/recycling services in orbit, to provide resources for orbital shipyards.