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These 5 Aviation Firms Want to Launch Their Own Space Stations by 2033
At the end of the decade, after over a quarter-century in orbit, the International Space Station (ISS) is planned to be decommissioned by NASA in order for the agency to focus on deep-space exploration, lunar flights, and journeys to Mars. That leaves low-Earth orbit, the layer 250 miles above the atmosphere, as the next frontier in commercial space enterprises. NASA seems all for it, supporting private developers via grants that promise to set off a gold rush of scientific research—and tourism.… (robbreport.com) More...
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This yesterday’s priority, all this intelligence, energy and money should be spent helping out the most interesting planet of all, Planet Earth, before the man-made climate disaster is irreversible.
One more time..... climate change is regular and cyclical. It has been doing this for eons, and will continue, long after mankind is just dust and ancient relics. To assume that we caused, or could change it, is ludicrous.
Struthio camelus.
Well am sure they would really like to be the one who gets all of that nice TAXPAYER money to spend building it.
Yes there are some things needing development:
Unmanned electric (Ion engine) high Isp tug using a cheap storable reaction mass (Ar? Water?);
solar powered furnace/melting capability;
remote manipulator / robotic tools - that can handle some time lag;
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but any industrial enterprise in space will need these anyway.