RowKiwi t1_ja8xlt6 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:44 PM

It would be cheaper to send up all new modules and build from scratch. The poor old ISS is getting really old, many systems are at end of life, there are cracks in some vital areas, and nothing in it was designed to handle spin.

dingo1018 t1_ja9mqvn wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:22 PM

And a few decades of feet, many of them Russian, I think re entry would be the kindest thing for the old girl. Not right away of course, but someday not to far in the future she deserves a Viking funeral. Although I would like to see the whole thing preserved if possible, I don't know if an orbit transfer and mothballing could work, maybe a gas station for starships.