Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP
arstechnica.com
“There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars.”…
  • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
    15·
    1 month ago

    well, if anyone needs another argument to keep it, here’s one.

    • threelonmusketeersOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Well, the ISS won’t last forever, but it would be silly to deorbit it while it’s still working and we don’t yet have a replacement.

  • threelonmusketeersOPMEnglish
    14·
    1 month ago

    Just when it seemed like he’d already gone “full crazy”… I guess this must be “fuller crazy”.

  • JumutaEnglish
    8·
    1 month ago

    imo the iss is the most ‘useful’ manned space program that’s taken place, it’s actually useful for scientific purposes and I just love how the Russian and US segments work together seamlessly. it’d be a real shame when it finally goes down

    • CorkyskogEnglish
      6·
      1 month ago

      Its planned to happen in a few years anyway AFAIK. No idea why he cares about speeding it up.

      • JumutaEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        kinda scary realising that 2030 is only 5 years away

    • threelonmusketeersOPMEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      I just love how the Russian and US segments work together seamlessly. it’d be a real shame when it finally goes down

      Yeah, the ISS really seems to be the last bastion of collaboration between the two countries. I can’t imagine any such collaboration happening on the successor to the ISS.