It's disappointing, but I'll offer a reality check here. The space station is a mechanical piece of hardware that degrades with wear and tear over time. It's

It's disappointing, but I'll offer a reality check here. The space station is a mechanical piece of hardware that degrades with wear and tear over time. It's not like Star Trek where every ship and station is perfectly gleaming in every episode. Things break down and require constant maintenance. The space station is much more like a thirty-year-old RV than Deep Space Nine, except you're a billion dollars away from the nearest auto parts store. It's not going to last forever.