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Elon Musk Pushes for ISS Deorbiting by 2025 (science.social)

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Elon Musk Pushes for ISS Deorbiting by 2025

https://blog.joshuniverse.com/elon-musk-pushes-for-iss-deorbiting-by-2025

Elon Musk proposes deorbiting the ISS, sparking debate on future space exploration and international cooperation challenges in orbit.

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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 39 points 20 hours ago

A key piece of context is that he recently had a Twitter spat with the head of the ISS program when Elmo suggested that the two "stranded" astronauts were kept up there for political reasons, and the better person called him on it. Leon, as he does, called him a stinky poopoo head, and this "decision" immediately followed all this.