Billionaire service mogul Elon Musk recommended that the International Space Station need to be ditched earlier instead of later on.
“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” he published onThursday “It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars.”
NASA introduced in 2014 that Musk’s Space X had actually been touched to make a de-orbit car.
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Elon Musk talks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center onFeb 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“As the agency transitions to commercially owned space destinations closer to home, it is crucial to prepare for the safe and responsible deorbit of the International Space Station in a controlled manner after the end of its operational life in 2030,” the company kept in mind. “NASA announced SpaceX has been selected to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas.”
In a message on Thursday, Musk recommended de-orbiting the spaceport station also earlier.
“The decision is up to the President, but my recommendation is as soon as possible. I recommend 2 years from now,” he kept in mind.
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Retired NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Leroy Chiao informed ” & Friends” Friday that the spaceport station is a “great research laboratory” and screening place for systems that will certainly be required to send out human beings to Mars.
“I absolutely agree that Mars is the next big goal,” Chiao stated. “That’s a great goal…getting humans to Mars. But you know, the space station is a part of that.”
Musk blew up previous International Space Station Commander Andreas Mogensen of Denmark on Thursday after Mogensen declined Musk’s declare that 2 of the astronauts aboard the spaceport station had actually been “left up there for political reasons” by the Biden management.
“What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media,” Mogensen created.
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“SpaceX could have brought them back several months ago. I OFFERED THIS DIRECTLY to the Biden administration and they refused. Return WAS pushed back for political reasons. Idiot,” Musk terminated back.
