I think we should allow MIR to finally die its bloody death. If its kept up too much longer someone is bound to find themselves unexpectantely dead.
On a different note I think ISS should be placed at L1 instead of earth orbit. If you are unfamiliar with L1 it is a position 1 million miles away where the forces of gravity between the Earth and the Sun are balanced. This would be the perfect place to launch expeditions to anywhere in the Solar System. Just to get there we would have to develop special spacecraft. And if you can get a spaceship to launch off the Earth and then turn around and stop you can go anywhere in our Solar System...all that you would need would be more similar space stations.
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I think we should allow MIR to finally die its bloody death. If its kept up too much longer someone is bound to find themselves unexpectantely dead.
On a different note I think ISS should be placed at L1 instead of earth orbit. If you are unfamiliar with L1 it is a position 1 million miles away where the forces of gravity between the Earth and the Sun are balanced. This would be the perfect place to launch expeditions to anywhere in the Solar System. Just to get there we would have to develop special spacecraft. And if you can get a spaceship to launch off the Earth and then turn around and stop you can go anywhere in our Solar System...all that you would need would be more similar space stations.