NASA has established a space sustainability division that will consolidate much of the work the agency is doing on orbital debris and related issues.
  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    2 months ago

    mind boggling that there is no standby escape vehicle on the ISS

    Starliner notwithstanding, that’s pretty much what they do with Dragon and Soyuz, which serve as lifeboats for the entire duration of the mission. Even if they just have to relocate a capsule from one docking port to another, they make the entire crew get inside to ensure that there are never more people on station than there are seats on a ride home.