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SpaceX Wins $843-Million NASA Contract to Destroy the International Space Station
(www.scientificamerican.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2024
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Isn’t it in a low enough orbit that it should just come down and burn up eventually anyway? Seems like they could save a lot of money that way…
There will be shit falling down due to it's size, so the deorbit has to be controlled