> Only because we are going to allow it. We could, you know, keep it in orbit and continue to use it. I'm not sure if it's safe to operate much longer than the

> Only because we are going to allow it. We could, you know, keep it in orbit and continue to use it. I'm not sure if it's safe to operate much longer than the 2020's without some major work and the running costs are astronomical. I'd love to see the ISS live longer but with limited resources going to the moon instead seems like a solid plan. At least on the Moon we might be able to get some practice in at harvesting resources off world. That's really going to be the economic key to kicking off a non war related space race.