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The ISS was years from being finished two decades ago. It was still getting new modules in the 2010s. Your timeline is way off, so you might want to double chec
by Kye 5y ago
The ISS was years from being finished two decades ago. It was still getting new modules in the 2010s. Your timeline is way off, so you might want to double check whatever your basis is for thinking this is a recurring call over two decades.
For historical context: the first module didn't launch until November 1998. The Cupola everyone loves to see in photos was 2010. The current tech boom is older than the finished ISS.
- rtkwe 5y agoFeels like longer but the date is always changing just recently back in 2018 the plan under the Trump admin was to halt funding in 2025 [0], in 2008 the planned date was 2016 [1]. It seems like the decommissioning is always planned for the next administration to deal with. With anything space in particular I don't hold my breath for anything planned beyond the current administration unless it's something fairly small like a rover or satellite [-1] because every administration comes in and wants to have their own project be the one so they "reevaluate" and "reassess" the plans to make them more or less grandiose as suits their current economic stance. [-1] They're usually small enough they can get a nice big cash infusion right up front so there's a sunk cost to keep funding where plans are relatively cheap. [0] https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/05/20/nasa-wrestles-with-what-to-do-with-international-space-station-after-2024/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/05/20/nasa-wrestles-with-wha... [1] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-581T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-581T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-581T/h... ^F "planned decommissioning in fiscal year 2016."