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Changing the ISS's orbital inclination to match the Moon
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[QUOTE="stefan r, post: 5940172, member: 615251"] The velocity of a spacecraft or station is a tangent to the orbital path. Any orbit angle will aimed at the moon's orbital path twice per orbit. Why not build the assembly plant at an angle that is convenient for receiving parts launched from Russian? A station in the Moon's plane would have more launch windows. If your Earth-Moon traffic is heavy enough that you need daily launch windows you can easily build more than one station. The ISS does would not support a dozen employees. There is no room on the ISS for a casino or tourist sporting activities (ping pong might fit). I think you might like [URL='http://www.tethers.com/MXTethers2.html']tethers unlimited[/URL]. [not pear reviewed journal but is a real company with excellent diagrams] They are building momentum exchange tethers and electrodynamic tethers. Neither item requires propellant. Should also be aware of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome']Kessler syndrome[/URL]. Instead of trying to keep mass in orbit NASA tries to launch objects in a way that will make them (or their pieces) fall and burn eventually. Satellites carry extra fuel on launch so that they can be de-orbited. [/QUOTE]
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