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Elon Musk calls for deorbit of International Space Station as soon as possible (phys.org)

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One of Musk's buddies, billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has flown twice to space with SpaceX, is President Trump's nominee to become the next head of NASA.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Does the US actually 'own' the ISS enough to do that? I thought it was internationally run

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope, NASA is cooperatively invested with the European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos (Russia).

There is a legal framework that covers all this. Whether dipshit Donnie and fElon and their lapdog government acknowledge that is another matter entirely.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The area with thrusters is owned by the Russians. They couldn't deorbit without their help anyway.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Guessing that fElon would rush-job the Dragon deorbit capsule SpaceX is developing. Which would probably end up with the ISS cratering in a populated area.