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Remember MIR

Buck Galaxy — 9/28/2007 1:42:49 AM (archived)

MIR stayed in orbit way past its original lifespan. Around a decade longer I believe but I don't have the numbers. If ISS were abandoned in less than a decade after construction is completed it would be criminal.

I think Lee was saying the original service module which everything else is built off is the killer, as it is nearing the end of its lifespan. Couldn't a newer service module or a Bigelow module replace it with a number of spacewalks?

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Another cite: NASA wants ISS closed by 2015 - dtb - 9/26/2007 10:23:28 PM
- Remember MIR - Buck Galaxy - 9/28/2007 1:42:49 AM
- Pulling out does NOT mean wanting it closed (n/t) - Raoul - 9/27/2007 5:31:34 AM
  - From the article: ESA says they won't stay w/o NASA - dtb - 9/27/2007 8:26:40 PM
    - ESA and TDRSS - Raoul - 9/27/2007 9:02:18 PM
  - Is NASA going to offer the ISS to the private sector or international agencies? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/27/2007 6:00:56 PM
    - That won't depend on NASA but on anybody who asks (n/t) - Raoul - 9/27/2007 6:12:19 PM
- yes - you are outta here in 2009 (n/t) - E.P. - 9/26/2007 10:30:41 PM
  - correction: Griffin "outta here" by 2009 - E.P. - 9/26/2007 10:33:26 PM

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