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 what others have said, it is slowly falling apart, it has leaks and other failures, remember it has to withstand tremendous conditions.
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