minus-squarehagelslager@feddit.nltoTechnology@lemmy.world•NASA selects SpaceX to build deorbit vehicle for International Space StationlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoTo paraphrase an answer I read elsewhere: de-orbiting would be like pushing it down from the first step of a long flight of stairs. Pushing it away from Earth would require ascending the long flight of stairs, which is much harder. linkfedilink
To paraphrase an answer I read elsewhere: de-orbiting would be like pushing it down from the first step of a long flight of stairs. Pushing it away from Earth would require ascending the long flight of stairs, which is much harder.