Star Trek used to horribly over-use orbital decay as a plot device—in how many episodes was the Enterprise threatened with falling out of orbit if the engines were out of commission for more than an hour or so? At the altitude of the ISS (or the RU Sirius, or the altitudes depicted in Star Trek), significant orbital decay takes months.
Star Trek used to horribly over-use orbital decay as a plot device—in how many episodes was the Enterprise threatened with falling out of orbit if the engines were out of commission for more than an hour or so? At the altitude of the ISS (or the RU Sirius, or the altitudes depicted in Star Trek), significant orbital decay takes months.