SpaceX boss Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be canceled as soon as possible, perhaps until 2027.
Yesterday, Musk tweeted on its social media mouthpiece, X, “It’s time to start preparation for @Space_station”. He claimed that the outpost had fulfilled its purpose and “has very little incremental utility.”
Later, the billionaire, who leads an organization Dogge, who accused of improving the efficiency of the US government, said, “I advise after 2 years from now.”
The ISS is on aging, and before the intervention of the Musk, the plan was to deorbit it in 2030. SpaceX was awarded a contract in 2024, which was almost a billion to work for dollars, but if the suggestion of Musk is accepted by the US President would need to work faster. , Donald Trump. The original plan required a D-arbit vehicle to prepare by 2029.
Musk’s statement comes as the US Space Agency, NASA, undergoing a period of uncertainty. Budget concern, job cuts, and the possibility of SpaceX customer, Jreds Isaqman, as its administrator, has heavy weight on the agency. Therefore, the possibility of an ex will be likely to fall on an flagship program such as ISS will become unwanted.
NASA’s international partners, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), expects the ISS to remain in the classes up to 2030 or beyond. Russia has committed to continue the ISS by 2028. register Asked the ESA for its views on the matter, and a spokesman said, “International space station is a project that includes various international partners. Thus, ISS is discussed with all the space agencies involved in all cases about ISS Is.”
There are also commercial implications at the early end of ISS. Many private companies have plans for stations in low Earth’s orbit, but even the most optimistic timeline will not result in a standalone station before 2028. As long as, of course, SpaceX does not manage to take some starships into class, which is to repeat some utility. ISS.
ISS is killing its progress in terms of use. The station usually consists of at least seven crew members on the board; Three-personnel and four-person crew using a dragon spacecraft leads to a number of fluctuations during the cream of the crew. Therefore, resources for research are available as well as available to maintain outposts. For example, a pre -planned gap will be a waste.
Taking on the inscribed value, the desire to go to Mars seems to be a driving factor. His company, SpaceX, is already an attractive contract for keeping ISS supply with crew and cargo. The early end of ISS would mean that there will be no further contract. Nevertheless, it will free the resources to fund a human mission for Mars.
However, ESA comments that the fate of the ISS is something on which all international partners should agree, as well as the plan needs to be obtained by American MPs to give green lights, it indicates that just something just something It is not necessary to tweet that this is a policy.
