> If Mir was so good and superior they would just keep developing it. Isn't that obvious? If the company who already spent all this dev time aka money on Mir do

> If Mir was so good and superior they would just keep developing it. Isn't that obvious? If the company who already spent all this dev time aka money on Mir doesn't believe in it, why would anybody else? Not that I care or know a lot about Mir, but do you seriously believe that it was always the best technology that became successful and triumphed over its competitors?