As NASA plummets into the depths of being forgotten by new generations, as will the ISS. Certainly is a waste considering it and the shuttles that went to it cost a hundred billion or two. No big deal I guess. Oh well, off to our regularly scheduled boring science.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Space-St...ews-12001.html

 

that's just sad

 

I see this as a power move by Russia. I'm betting that they'll launch their own satellites up, that are not international. We don't have a space program, and we ride off of theirs. Of course I could be wrong. I highly doubt this is the end of "non boring science".

 

wow are you sh!tting me? i hope it lands near florida i want to get some

 

i knew we would find a place where all humankind can dump their debris and not have to worry about it

the ocean!

 

That's pretty normal for satellites beyond their usefulness. I'd guess the station will be stripped of anything useful or hazardous prior to re-entry, but I also don't expect much to survive the fall. Little will land in the ocean but slag and ash.

And a lot can change in 9 years. It might very well remain in orbit for another 20 years.

 

Fwiw we still have a space program, we're just going back to rockets from the orbiters.

 

It's a shame but it has served a lot of purposes. I was part of the team that built the first commercial payload for the ISS.