Space-X receives contract to ‘decommission’ ISS?

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Give Boeing a contract to boost it into a higher orbit. The thing will be burning up before you can say “Door Plug”.

I think you have discovered the REAL mission of Starliner. It’s there to vaporize ISS.

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

"Surf." Hmmm... surf...

OK... let's give NTP2 a SpaceX fairing half! Surf that baby down - cowabunga baby!

 

[NTP2]

Looks fun, at least I go out with a bang!

 

[cvanc]

LOL what the heck was that?

I was thinking of this view:

 

[NTP2]

LOL what the heck was that?

I was thinking of this view:

That looks actually possible, I’d need some fire bricks (20$ or so) so my hands don’t melt off.

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

LOL what the heck was that?

I was thinking of this view:

This is awesome! That actually seems like an almost doable adventure.

The one I posted was the final scene of a low-budget 1974 science fiction movie by John Carpenter called Dark Star. Some of my nerd friends and I discovered it in high school and were fans.

 

[cvanc]

Here ya go Thirsty

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Here ya go Thirsty

Lol! Wow! All of these old movies seem to be on YouTube now. I’ll have to set aside some time to watch this again. Unfortunately, sometimes when I’ve done that, it has been a bit of a disappointment. They’re not always like I remembered them 40+ years ago.

 

[sr205347d]

Scott Manley, two years ago:

 

[NTP2]

Scott Manley, two years ago:

He’s always ahead of his time…