Posted on 08/21/2016 4:18:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA is dead set on leaving Low-Earth Orbit to go to the moon, Mars and other farther destinations. That means extending the space station's funding beyond 2024 is out of the question. Now, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator Bill Hill has revealed what the agency wants to do with the ISS once astronauts move out. Instead of deorbiting it and sinking it into the ocean or breaking it apart to sell piece by piece, it apparently wants to hand the spacecraft over to a private corporation.
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NASA will sell it to private corporation which in turn will be bought by Bezos or another billionaire who will turn it into their own private retreat.
I like the idea that a private company could have five or more space stations of the size depicted in the movie, as well as two or more varieties of space shuttles.
“Leaving satellite maintenance as the only income flow. “
Tourism.
Contract Science.
Charge smaller countries to send ‘astronauts’ there so they can brag about having a space program.
Zero G manufacture.
None these make enough to BIULD a space station, but they might all together make enough to keep one running.
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