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

3 comments

• nick238 12 hours 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.

  [-]
  • wkat4242 11 hours 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.
• LorenDB 12 hours 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.
• aaron695 12 hours 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.