Comments on: NASA to bring down the ISS in 2016

By: Snowcrash

Snowcrash — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:06:25 +0000

Sell it, its the most expensive object in the world, why burn it up in the atmosphere..!!

By: Mr Wulfgar

Mr Wulfgar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:44:05 +0000

Nonsense. It’s much easier to move something from Earth orbit to elsewhere than it is to get it off the ground. Even a full retrofit of the station would be more cost efficient than an entire new facility. Assuming it can be done, of course.

By: mw

mw — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:47:36 +0000

All the years I waited for it to launch, all the design revisions and paring down, all the years it took to become a reality and now it’ll be abandoned!? I hope it’s sold to Space Explorations Technologies (http://www.spacex.com/) or some of the other budding private sector space programs.

By: ~K

~K — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:50:29 +0000

Just say “no” to CAPS LOCK.

By: Dom

Dom — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:47:41 +0000

wow…

couldn’t have put it more perfectly Brandon…

The Tang and Velcro comment above could not have been more ignorant.

By: Kevin Baker

Kevin Baker — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:01:44 +0000

The amount of energy required to move the station from it’s current location to the moon would be quite a bit larger than launching a mission from scratch.

By: Cyclonus

Cyclonus — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:22:04 +0000

Why not move it to the moon or move it to higher orbit. No sense it letting it crash. Just money down the drain and we will just have to rebuild it all over again. A futher waste in tax payers money.

By: Eric M

Eric M — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:03:13 +0000

I agree with Ankit Gupta completely. Theres no need to bring it down. Auction it off. This will be used for space tourism which is right around the corner. Bringing it down is pure foolishness

By: Gene Edwards

Gene Edwards — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:42:55 +0000

should wait till he’s moved on board before letting it crash tho. then the world would be a beter place.

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:00:08 +0000

What they should do is let it crash into the group of yachts purchased with bailout out money bonuses along with all the banking execs on board. “Oh yeah, you guys should head out to this awesome spot in the Indian Ocean this weekend. You’ll love it out there. Here are the coordinates. There’s supposed to be an awesome meteor shower!”

By: CosMoNaut

CosMoNaut — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:14:41 +0000

Make It Obama’s New Office Send Him There Make The World Happy

By: Walnut

Walnut — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Good Idea GEORGE He Could Work On National Health Plan There With No Disruptions

By: George

George — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:51:50 +0000

Make It Obama’s Office And Residence And Send Him There. Make The World Happy

By: ISS » Current News Trends

ISS » Current News Trends — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:18:13 +0000

[...] NASA to bring down the ISS in 2016 [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:54:42 +0000

What are you all on about!!! You would swear it was all up to NASA to what happens to the ‘International’ Space Station (ISS). There are 4 other major agencies in play here: Russia (RKA), Japan (JAXA), Canada (CSA) and the ten European nations that form the ESA. Then there is Brazil (AEB) and Italy (ASI) sub-funding NASA to keep it funded. NASA (inc. brazil’s and Italy’s funding) and Russia alone are at even odds funding wise, never mind the other contributors. The ISS is staying in space for a very long time. Oh and the Russia’s Proton M spacecraft has similar lifting capability as the shuttle, it just cant return in tacked like the shuttle.

By: Craftymo

Craftymo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:16:20 +0000

If I didn’t have to give to so much money to so many charity’s here on earth, I’d help out in every way I could, but untill earth is fixed it wont be happening :(

By: dougx

dougx — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:32:14 +0000

Im always pro-NASA but have never figured out the purpose behind this station. Its been a total boondoggle.

By: james braselton

james braselton — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:15:21 +0000

HI THERE WHAT KNOW I HOPE NASA IS NOT SHUTTING IT DOWN OR THE MOON OR MARS MISSIONS I WANT A MULTI-PLAYER DEEP SPACE GAMMING BEYOUND EARTH WHAT CONSOLE WILL BE THE FIRST REAL EXTERSTAL GAMING CONSOLE OR ET GAMMING CONSOLE

By: stevjosco

stevjosco — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:13:18 +0000

No-one’s mentioned the European’s ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle). These babies are as big as a bus and can lift 7.6 tonnes – as well as push the ISS to a higher altitude.

As Nico Dettman of ESA politely puts it:
“We’re supposed to lift the station significantly because after the shuttle retirement the ISS will raise its average altitude from 330-350km to almost 400km to produce less drag,” said Mr Dettmann.

“Today the ISS altitude is linked – let’s say – to low shuttle performance. After shuttle is gone, ISS can fly higher but ATV will have to deliver a major part of that altitude increase.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8141256.stm

So Europe’s higher flying craft will save the ISS from a fiery death. Yay!

By: Brandon M. Sergent

Brandon M. Sergent — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:43:35 +0000

Why dopes someone always say that?

Every dollar invested in NASA generates a 1000% indirect return for the economy, and an immeasurable return to society.

Virtually every aspect of the physical sciences benefits from research only those in space are in a position to do, from climatology and meteorology study to biology and physics.

Weather anticipation, communications technology, materials science, geology, etc etc

Oh yeah and then there is the slim (given their UNDER funded nature) chance that their orbital diagnostic equipment could save all of our lives by giving us a decade of warning of a celestial impact, like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Seriously, people that don’t want to fund space exploration and study are ignorant, plain and simple. Educate yourself.