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Re:SpaceX to deliver vehicle to deorbit International Space ... by leptons on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @07:30PM (#40805725)
A deorbit would create a huge amount of chemicals in the atmosphere that are very harmful to the ozone layer. It might be worth sending up a few more rockets to give a big enough push to send the ISS into the sun (along with said rockets).

https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-reentry-ozone-deple...

https://www.space.com/deorbiting-impact-on-earth-atmosphere-...

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Re:SpaceX to deliver vehicle to deorbit International Space ... by jimbobthrowawy on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @08:44PM (#40806179)
Why the sun? In terms of delta-V that's the hardest target to hit in the entire solar system, since you have to zero out all of earth's orbital velocity.
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Re:SpaceX to deliver vehicle to deorbit International Space ... by didgeoridoo on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @10:44PM (#40806709)
My KSP-fu tells me that you could definitely get a corona-crossing periapsis without zeroing out the velocity relative to the sun. You aren’t trying to land on the bastard.
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Re:SpaceX to deliver vehicle to deorbit International Space ... by mr_toad on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @11:47PM (#40806981)
That much delta v would take a few hundred rockets, not a few. You’d probably cause way more pollution from all those rockets.
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