Re: Future Retro Space Station Designs.

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:40:06 -0400, in a place far, far away, "Jeff
Findley" <jeff.findley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:


"Michael Gallagher" <mikejoe7g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:jbp2t39apn09umvceb2a3jbcak9eso2vt0@xxxxxxxxxx
I was wondering what kind of space station would be built to succeed
ISS, given that the orbiters would be retired and replaced by Orion by
then.

It's not at all obvious that there would be funding for a LEO station to
replace ISS. At least, not one that's mostly US built and operated. NASA's
direction seems to be back to the moon, with everything else be damned.

One of the false lessons learned from ISS is that space stations, and
orbital operations, are a bad idea.
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