Gary O'Reilly
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So the original space station, which was called Space Station Freedom,
We retooled that to bring in the Russian astronauts.
And only then did it become the International Space Station, bringing in the Japanese and Europe and the like.
So when was that?
Early 90s.
So that was 35 years ago.
And no one would come near any piece of technology that's 35 years old.
If I say, oh, look at this shoulder-mounted cell phone or whatever.
So we have a space station that is way older than anything you would deign to use here on Earth.
So just put this in context now.
Did they not build in its obsolescence?
Future-proof.
Or future-proof.
But either we know we're going to drop it out of the sky, or we have swappable panels everywhere.
But now the future's become exponential.
So tell me.
Is decommission code for drop it out of orbit?
Fiery death.
This is a small object.
To do it safely and well means you drop it into the great toilet bowl of space, which is the Pacific Ocean.