NASA plans to crash the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean by 2031

RE: NASA plans to crash the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean by 2031

DAB — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:14:56 GMT

Typical NASA, spend thirty or forty billion dollars and then throw it away.

RE: NASA plans to crash the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean by 2031

dubbie — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:30:36 GMT

Seems better than my washing machine, which is unlikely to make 10 years of operation. Still, you never know, it's decay may plateau and my washing machine will last longer than the ISS.

Dubbie

RE: NASA plans to crash the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean by 2031

beacon_dave — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 12:11:58 GMT

"...It's strange, the ISS is about to host a whole movie studio in space, but now they say this?..."

I think the idea is that the Axiom commercial module hosting the movie studio undocks from the ISS and goes it alone a couple years prior to the ISS space-dive into the Pacific Ocean. As shown here on the SEE website: