In article ,
Fred J. McCall wrote:
Seems to me that it's expensive enough to get mass up there that we
ought to plan on not bringing it back.

And a space station, in particular, *wants* to be as heavy as possible --
that reduces the effect of air drag and hence the frequency of reboosts.

(The average annual reboost fuel consumption is, to a good first
approximation, unaffected. The reboosts take more fuel each, but they're
less frequent.)
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