Slacker & Eli
Slacker
You ever wonder if a spaceship could just chill in orbit and still be useful, like a lazy craft that only does the absolute bare minimum? I bet that’d be a blast—literally.
Eli
Yeah, if you strip a vessel down to its core functions it could just drift in a stable orbit, acting as a kind of “watchdog” platform. You’d still need a power source—maybe a small nuclear unit or solar array—plus minimal life‑support and attitude control, so it can keep its sensors pointed and communicate with Earth. Think of it as the ISS’s ultra‑minimal cousin, doing the bare‑bone maintenance of its own orbit while you’re busy sending probes elsewhere. It’s not so much a blast in the literal sense, but it would be a pretty efficient, low‑maintenance way to keep a presence in space.
Slacker
Sounds like a space hamster cage, but yeah, call it “Station 0” and let it just hover around while we chase the big stuff. It’s the lazy version of the ISS—good for keeping the lights on, no big effort.
Eli
Station 0 would be the orbital equivalent of a space hamster cage—compact, humming quietly, and just keeping the lights on while the rest of the crew runs the big guns. A bit lazy, but you get a reliable, low‑maintenance outpost that never asks for a coffee break.
Slacker
Exactly, it’s the “don’t‑forget‑the‑lights” version of a space station, and it’s still probably the most efficient thing orbiting the planet.
Eli
It’s the perfect paradox: a ship that does nothing yet has to do something, like a cosmic do‑nothing device that keeps the cosmic lights on. Efficiency on steroids, I guess.