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NASA planning to de-orbit ISS
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They're planning to bring it down in early 2016. If it goes ahead, what was the whole point of building the thing?
[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071201977_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2009071300824"]Source[/URL]
The article talks about the political pressure from other countries to keep it running, so hopefully that will work and the station won't get destroyed.
Worf
[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071201977_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2009071300824"]Source[/URL]
The article talks about the political pressure from other countries to keep it running, so hopefully that will work and the station won't get destroyed.
Worf
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For the same reason the Space Shuttle was built, to keep 30,000 Nasa engineers from going rogue after the Apollo program was cancelled.
I do agree that they should keep it up there for as long as possible though. The Hubble telescope is a prime example how retrofitting can put additional life into a project of that scope.
In the end it's just a matter of money, because we are not done learning stuff. I also believe there should be a station between the Earth and the Moon once they return to it.
Is it just me or has it become very quiet around the civilian spaceship missions? Virgin Galactic anyone? It's the economy, I guess.
[URL="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09-165_Bolden_and_Garver.html"]http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09-165_Bolden_and_Garver.html[/URL]