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Oldest Satellite Has Been in Space for 67 Years. Engineers Want to Bring It Home

https://gizmodo.com/worlds-oldest-satellite-has-been-in-space-for-67-years-engineers-want-to-bring-it-home-2000587158
15bradac561mo ago

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LorenDB1mo ago
Starship would seem the natural choice to bring Vanguard home, but I wonder what else could be used. Stoke Space's Nova vehicle comes to mind as a good option.
ChiperSoft1mo ago
Shame it keeps blowing up
nick2381mo ago
"The spacecraft is a 1.46 kg (3.2 lb) aluminum sphere six inches (150 mm) in diameter, with antennas spanning three feet (0.91 m)"

A mission like the private EVA SpaceX missions could probably just go up and grab it. Maybe need to detach/break/bend 4 of the antennas to fit it through the hatch.

wkat42421mo ago
Uhh nothing in space is "just go". EVAs are extensively trained for, and it's quite difficult to navigate to a moving object that small.
aaron6951mo ago
Why not go and steal the pyramids if you are all about destroying human achievements.

It has 200 years to go. In 190 years maybe give it a boost.

By all means go to view it, do some real space tourism with a scientific edge.