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Old March 24th 04, 12:06 AM
Jorge R. Frank
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Default Abandon the space station?

Jonathan Silverlight
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Could the system being proposed for HST be used to deorbit ISS?


Probably not "as is". ISS is already 15 times more massive than HST and may
be as much as 40 times more massive by the time it's deorbited. It will
require much more propellant to deorbit.

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