Polar orbit?

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Polar orbit?

Lee — 5/3/2007 12:13:23 AM (archived)

The best orbit for use as a springboard to the solar system would be parallel with the ecplitic. The original space station design was to have an orbit of 28.5 degrees. Not only was this orbit the same latitude as Kennedy Space Center, but it was far closer to the ecliptic than the 51.6 degree orbit of the ISS. A polar orbit is only good for surveying the Earth.

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Cooperating for the Moon..or not....? - Raoul - 4/30/2007 7:52:42 PM
- Write your Congressman now, and demand an investigation into this conspiracy against Russia - Algore - 5/1/2007 1:59:11 PM
  - Not the first time - Raoul - 5/1/2007 2:14:53 PM
- Why would we need cooperation? - Lee - 5/1/2007 3:19:44 AM
  - re: Why would we need cooperation?-because "Pride cometh before a fall". - Andrew - 5/2/2007 11:49:07 PM
    - GDP - TB - 5/4/2007 5:04:36 AM
      - I'm hoping it happens! - TAFKASE - 5/4/2007 2:27:04 PM
    - US share of Global GDP - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/3/2007 2:02:13 PM
  - Delightful! - Bowser - 5/1/2007 6:20:10 AM
    - The ISS needs to be deorbited. - Lee - 5/1/2007 7:20:10 AM
      - International cooperation - Raoul - 5/1/2007 7:34:20 AM
        
        Sell the ISS to the Chinese now - . - 5/1/2007 1:18:50 PM
        
        Permanent presence - Raoul - 5/1/2007 1:39:56 PM
        
        They need a space station, but not the ISS. - Lee - 5/1/2007 10:27:02 PM
        
        True: to be truely used as a "weigh station" it probably should have been put in a polar orbit. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/2/2007 9:41:16 PM
        
        Polar orbit? - Lee - 5/3/2007 12:13:23 AM
        
        I thought I read somewhere that to get to the poles of the moon, you need to start from a polar (earth) orbit. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/3/2007 1:55:13 PM
        
        Administrator Griffin said the ISS was a mistake for the same reason. - Lee - 5/3/2007 8:12:46 PM
        
        P.S. this is one of the reasons why I love the idea of a Moon Base. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/2/2007 9:44:44 PM
        
        Must a space station only be used as a garage for higher destinations? - Raoul - 5/2/2007 4:23:58 PM
        
        If you want to do life science onboard a space station. - Lee - 5/2/2007 9:07:01 PM
        
        Here's what will happen... - . - 5/1/2007 2:41:01 PM
        
        Salvage Rights - nick hoffman - 5/2/2007 7:25:37 AM
        
        ROTFL! (n/t) - phil - 5/1/2007 6:40:37 PM

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