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by ralfd
990 days ago
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Some have the same idea: https://spacenews.com/industry-sees-missed-opportunity-in-de... > Industry sees missed opportunity in deorbiting ISS > “As technology matures, certainly in the next decade we’re going to get to the point where we’re going to be able to reuse and recycle a lot of these materials,” said Ron Lopez, president and managing director of Astroscale U.S., a company working on satellite servicing and debris removal technologies. “Instead of letting it burn up and lose all of that economic value, you take it to a foundry in space” and break it down into raw materials, he said during a Satellite 2023 panel March 16. Easier said than done though. There is also the question if the ISS, despite construction costs of hundred billion dollars, is really much worth in a decade. When Starship is flying you could use a modified rocket itself as a space station: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/could-spacex-turn-star... |
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