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Elon Musk calls for deorbit of International Space Station as soon as possible (phys.org)

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One of Musk's buddies, billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has flown twice to space with SpaceX, is President Trump's nominee to become the next head of NASA.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The area with thrusters is owned by the Russians. They couldn't deorbit without their help anyway.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

Guessing that fElon would rush-job the Dragon deorbit capsule SpaceX is developing. Which would probably end up with the ISS cratering in a populated area.