NASA to Retire International Space Station by Crashing It into the Pacific Ocean

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NASA has revealed through a new International Space Station Transition Report that it plans to retire the iconic satellite by 2031 by crashing it into a remote part of the Pacific Ocean known as Point Nemo. Officially known as “the oceanic pole of inaccessibility” and named after one of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas’ leading characters, Nemo is known for being the point in the ocean that is farthest from land. The International Space Station will be retired within the decade to make way for commercial destinations and markets for what NASA has described as a “thriving space economy.”









NASA Provides Updated International Space Station Transition Plan (NASA)



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[Grimlakin]

Space hotels... it's coming.

 

[Paul_Johnson]

Drop it on Australia again, they loved it the last time we did that.