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Musk is so predictably petty.

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@georgetakei yes but time of #iss has come anyway... it has grown old and some say it smells like burned... something, time for a #spacestation in #moon #orbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

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📆 2025 Lunar Gateway #NASA #ESA #CSA #JAXA
📆 2025 Haven-1 #VastSpace
📆 2026 Axiom Station #AxiomSpace
📆 2026 StarMax #Gravitics
📆 2026 LIFE Pathfinder #SierraSpace
📆 2027 Russian Orbital Service Station #Roscosmos
📆 2028 Starlab #NanoRacks #VoyagerSpace #Airbus #MDASpace #Mitsubishi
📆 second half 2020s Orbital Reef #BlueOrigin #SierraSpace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_stations#Planned_and_proposed

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#Competition accelerates #innovation : "What if we actually build a #SpaceStation, launch 🚀 it in #orbit, have a crew 👨‍🚀 of four go to it, spend two weeks at least in the space station, and come back home safely…before the U.S. #government makes their decision?” (in 📆 2026) https://youtu.be/us_V_e0-NVs?feature=shared&t=205

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#ThalesAlenia Space Italia 🇮🇹 will deliver the Payload Power Thermal Module to Axiom in 2025 for final outfitting and a launch 🚀 no earlier than 📆 2027. Axiom would then launch the first #habitat module, #Hab1, in 📆 2028 https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-revises-space-station-assembly-plans

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The primary structure of the #SpaceStation was built in just 15 months. #Haven1 is expected to be launched in 📆 May 2026. It consists of a cylindrical module measuring 10 meters in length and 4.40 meters in diameter. The 45 cubic meter habitat got 1.10 meter windows. Four #Haven2 modules are to be in space by 📆 2030. The station is to grow to nine modules by 📆 2032. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Haven-1-Vast-Space-wants-to-launch-its-private-space-station-into-space-in-2026-10277222.html

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The Gravitics #SpaceStation modules range from 3 meters to 8 meters 📏 in diameter. The company aims to provide space station modules as a plug-and-play product line that can launch on a variety of #rockets. #Gravitics plans to have a subscale spacecraft launched by 📆 2026 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/09/gravitics-lands-125-million-order-from-axiom.html

🤔 Why isn't the #ISS (partially) recycled (by #SpaceRobot) and parts ⚙️ or raw material used for the #LunarGateway (maybe for #RadiationProtection instead of #luggage 🛍️)? The #BBC article doesn't cover this https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/why-is-the-iss-being-retired-and-what-will-happen-to-it

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To safely bring the #ISS back to #Earth, a dedicated #spacecraft will have to be built, the total cost of which is estimated at $1 billion 💰 over the course of this decade.
A #SpacePolicy expert suggested the opposite idea: #raising ⤴️ the #ISS to a stable #orbit at the end of its useful life ♻️ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-11-20/25-years-of-the-international-space-station-what-next-for-a-beacon-of-peaceful-international-scientific-collaboration.html

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The most #expensive man-made object is the International #SpaceStation (#ISS). Its final #cost will be over $100 billion 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-expensive-man-made-object

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Hopefully this won’t change our mission to the ISS to study the effects of zero gravity on crown tapper and wearability.

“‘Possibility of a catastrophic failure’: Inside the space station leak problem that has NASA worried…”