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CompromisedCEO t1_jc79ah8 wrote

Reply to comment by Various-Air-1398 in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee

Whatever you throw into space risks coming back to you eventually.

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link2edition t1_jc7agic wrote

Yeah there is a Saturn V stage orbiting the sun right now, swings by the earth every 40 years, its supposed to actually hit us in 2000 years or so, which I am sure will be amusing for the astronomers of the day.

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Martianspirit t1_jcajbt9 wrote

Unless you lift it up to beyond geostationary orbit which takes a huge delta-v.

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