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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] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Throwing out the ISS before we have at least part of a replacement in orbit is an excellent way to risk failing to have a space station completely.

I agree. We are not doing that though. Haven-1 is scheduled to launch NET 2025, the Axiom orbital segment is NET 2026, Orbital Reef is targeting 2027, and Starlab is targeting 2028. Even if these schedules slip a couple years, they would still be ready in time for the ISS deorbit in (or after) 2030.