RetroFed Forum
Your home away from modern life.
Search Categories Forum list Register Log in
About RetroFed
RetroFed

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

  • Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
  • Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
  • Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)
72 registered users
Administrators: DosDude, Die4Ever
Visit retrofed.com
The ISS Transits the Moon
Post Reply RetroFed Forum Forum Index » Astronomy
AuthorMessage
Innerworld lemmy.world Innerworld@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-16
Quote

Source
81   Original
redbrick lemmy.world redbrick@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-01
#2 · Quote Reply

would be cool if it could. Wasn't there an idea thrown out way back when, to repurpose the ISS for this?
2
threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
#3 · Quote Reply
redbrick wrote:
would be cool if it could. Wasn't there an idea thrown out way back when, to repurpose the ISS for this?

I think in this case, "transit" means "passes in front of from our perspective" rather than "travels to" :)

I don't recall ever hearing proposals to boost the ISS all the way to lunar orbit. Lunar gateway was to be a separate space station in lunar orbit, but those plans were recently abandoned in an effort to focus on (more useful) surface habitats.
2
Post Reply
Back to top
Powered by PieFed · PieBB frontend · All times are Europe/Amsterdam