Why is the ISS going to be deorbited?

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NASA plans to deorbit the ISS sometime around 2030. Building something the size of the ISS in orbit is a huge undertaking and NASA keeps talking about wanting to build new space stations or a moon base, so why not leave the ISS in space and reuse it rather than literally throw the whole thing away?

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My preference would be to elevate the station to GSO, should be left for future generations to show where we came from

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