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Maybe that's a stupid question, but : why can't its lifetime be extended again ? The article says "much of its hardware is decades old, which could eventually
by karteum 3y ago
Maybe that's a stupid question, but : why can't its lifetime be extended again ?
The article says "much of its hardware is decades old, which could eventually see the station become dangerous or even uncontrollable in orbit" but it's not very explicit about why we couldn't change some internal hardware / repair what needs to be repaired and keep the main overall structure for a longer lifetime ?
- goodcanadian 3y agoThe Russians have already indicated an intention to pull out. Plus, current politics (perhaps, that should read "war") makes continuing to work with Russia troublesome. What is the consortium meant to do, purchase Russia's modules?
- ranguna 3y agoUncouple Russian modules and burn them ?