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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On top of all the technical reasons, Russia is the #2 partner in the ISS program. While their funding could be supplanted by Europe, Japan, etc, they have been the main technical partner to NASA. Obviously, the Ukraine war has affected that.
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