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Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by enriquto on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:54AM (#28071639)
> Our current design is capable of just over 1 year of continuous propulsive operation.

> (...) would likely drain a significant amount of life out of the Droid on a single mission

These two sentences are contradictory.

Unless by "continuous propulsive operation" you mean something that is, confusingly, not continuous propulsive operation.

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Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by zamadatix on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:30AM (#28074219)
They are not contradictory you've just removed the context explaining why they wouldn't put said inefficient thing in a mission plan. There are plenty of objects to clean up without having to shift your orbital inclination so drastically.
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Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by curtainsforus on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:48AM (#28071996)
Unless it's using a low-thrust-high-efficiency drive such that significant inclination changes take a year.
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Re:Launch HN: Turion Space (YC S21) – Space debris removal a... by mrlowlevel on Thursday August 05, 2021 @09:37AM (#28073542)
Unless of course the maneuver takes a significant part of a year
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