On 02Nov2017 0255, Grimmund wrote:

> For ships being intentionally stored, no point in venting it to vacuum.
> Hard on the internals, and then requires air or vac suits to get the
> ship  back into operation.  Although, if you are doing it intentionally,
> part of the storage procedure may be storing some large compressed
> atmosphere tanks in the hold, enough to get the ship back up to
> shirtsleeve operating pressure.  Or maybe not, and that's one of the
> things the yard tender carries around...

I'd vent it to vacuum to so as to not have to worry about moisture
damage and mould. Unless there are systems that simply won't survive
being exposed to vacuum and great cold, I'd mothball ships way out in
the system as well - things happen more slowly at low temperatures, and
far from the sun there'll be less heating and cooling.

Pluto seems like a suitable place, though it's inconveniently far away
from the inner system when it comes to accessing the graveyard - far
enough that low-G transports would be better of jump there (I'd take
constant 4G acceleration to make the trip from Earth in less than a
week). Jupiter's trojan's are another, albeit warmer, option - a week
out at 1G, and far from both the Sun and Jupiter and thus fairly cool
and calm.

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