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At some point, you are better off launching a new station than trying to maintain an old one. They constantly need repairs for things that break and it gets wo
by vikingerik 3y ago
At some point, you are better off launching a new station than trying to maintain an old one. They constantly need repairs for things that break and it gets worse over time. They're not gleaming perfection like the Enterprise, it's more like trying to maintain a creaky thirty-year-old RV.
- gregoriol 3y agoWe always decommission boats, planes, buildings, and space stations are no different. They are even more prone to issues, external or internal, are very difficult to repair or upgrade.
- andyjohnson0 3y ago> They're not gleaming perfection like the Enterprise, it's more like trying to maintain a creaky thirty-year-old RV. The ISS has a mould problem due to spores brought in by crew rotations. The crews have to spend significant amounts of time each day just cleaning walls and other surfaces. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/international-space-station-mould-1.5193970 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/international-space-station-...
- euroderf 3y agoI had high hopes that the Mir fungus would be mutated by space radiation and then survive re-entry. Awesome basis for a sci-fi/horror film.
- m000 3y agoNot exactly the same concept, but Life (2017) [1] comes close. [1] https://letterboxd.com/film/life-2017/ https://letterboxd.com/film/life-2017/