The ISS weighs 450 metric tons. If Starship actually works, it could launch the same mass in 3 trips.
Maybe we could raise it to a graveyard orbit, as a historical artifact?
Maybe we could raise it to a graveyard orbit, as a historical artifact?
In a time where tensions are increasing and everybody abandons nuclear disarmament treaties, it seems like a good idea to keep it as a reminder that an end of the cold war was possible and what we can achieve as friends not as enemies.
Maybe as a monument to whoever finds what remains of the planet afterwards.
If it could help, it's worth the effort to at least try, otherwise why bother doing anything.
And it's not just orbiting, it's orbiting with style.