The troubled spacecraft conducted a “bull's-eye landing,” but NASA officials still say they made the right decision to leave its astronauts on the ISS out of an abundance of caution
I don’t expect you to have the answers, but is the ISS nearing end of life because of technology, or because of gravitational pull? If it’s the latter, how feasible would it be to attach rockets and drag it further away?
Here’s another factor: The ISS is in a high inclination orbit that is excellent at overflying most of the US and Russia. Not so great as a base for deep space missions.
I don’t expect you to have the answers, but is the ISS nearing end of life because of technology, or because of gravitational pull? If it’s the latter, how feasible would it be to attach rockets and drag it further away?
Mostly due to part fatigue. They regularly reboost it into a higher orbit.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the succinct explanation
It has little boosters that keep it in orbit. It’s reaching end of life because of other reasons that I’m not sure of.
https://youtu.be/sI8ldDyr3G0?si=pM0pTAsQtDQMAGaR
Here’s another factor: The ISS is in a high inclination orbit that is excellent at overflying most of the US and Russia. Not so great as a base for deep space missions.