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[Eric Berger] Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

well, if anyone needs another argument to keep it, here's one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Well, the ISS won't last forever, but it would be silly to deorbit it while it's still working and we don't yet have a replacement.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just when it seemed like he'd already gone "full crazy"... I guess this must be "fuller crazy".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They always find new depths to sink to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I am not looking forward to "Block 5 fullerest crazy, version 7"...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

imo the iss is the most 'useful' manned space program that's taken place, it's actually useful for scientific purposes and I just love how the Russian and US segments work together seamlessly. it'd be a real shame when it finally goes down

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its planned to happen in a few years anyway AFAIK. No idea why he cares about speeding it up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

kinda scary realising that 2030 is only 5 years away

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So that his name will be written next to it forever.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just love how the Russian and US segments work together seamlessly. it’d be a real shame when it finally goes down

Yeah, the ISS really seems to be the last bastion of collaboration between the two countries. I can't imagine any such collaboration happening on the successor to the ISS.