Timeline for What propulsion methods does the ISS use for station-keeping?
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| Sep 28, 2018 at 13:33 | answer | added | Carlos N | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 16, 2017 at 16:35 | comment | added | uhoh | @MarkAdler and it has been answered promptly in the negative. | |
| Jan 16, 2017 at 16:15 | comment | added | uhoh | @MarkAdler I've just asked the follow-up question to your comment: Will the ISS have electric propulsion to maintain altitude? Is there enough power for it? | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 13:05 | comment | added | Mark Adler | In November they said in three years, so perhaps late 2016. Since such claims from a company seeking investment funds are always optimistic, more likely 2017 or later. | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 10:58 | answer | added | geoffc | timeline score: 12 | |
| Apr 13, 2014 at 2:38 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSpaceExp/status/455173054424178688 | ||
| Apr 13, 2014 at 0:27 | comment | added | Russell Borogove | There's a plan to try reboosting with an ion thruster as well, possibly in 2015. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VASIMR#Testing_on_the_space_station | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 20:58 | comment | added | osgx | I think, pressurized nitrogen has too low exhaust velocity... | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 19:07 | vote | accept | Stu | ||
| Apr 12, 2014 at 18:33 | answer | added | Mark Adler | timeline score: 20 | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 18:22 | history | asked | Stu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |