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NASA has a fine plan for deorbiting the ISS—unless Russia gets in the way (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

A big part of the motivation for moving on from the ISS is simplifying maintenance and upgrading systems. That reduces the crew time and system volume needed to run the station and needs fewer different spare parts.

What's wrong with switching to multiple smaller stations? I'm not optimistic about Orbital Reef or Axiom being fully up and running by 2030, but a handful of Vast and Gravitics modules in orbit should more than cover what the ISS does now.