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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by Jtsummers on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:03PM (#10692241)
By that (burning for nails) analogy, we'd be disassembling and reusing the ISS rather than discussing deorbiting it (in 10-15 years).
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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by JshWright on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:17PM (#10692360)
The 'nails' in this case are dollars in a budget. The ISS consumes a very large number of dollars on an annual basis, and 'burning it down' would free those dollars up for other purposes.
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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by DubiousPusher on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:30PM (#10692448)
Two words, opportunity cost.
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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by nolok on Monday December 07, 2015 @03:53PM (#10692610)
That's what the russians are doing with their modules
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