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?
In: Planetary Science
Because parts keep breaking and it’s getting more expensive to use and less able to be used and smells like sewage.
And keeping it requires a lot of money, even uncrewed.
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