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Jtsummers
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NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving o...
By that (burning for nails) analogy, we'd be disassembling and reusing the ISS rather than discussing deorbiting it (in 10-15 years).
JshWright
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The 'nails' in this case are dollars in a budget. The ISS consumes a very large number of dollars on an annual basis, and 'burning it down' would free those dollars up for other purposes.
DubiousPusher
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Two words, opportunity cost.
nolok
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That's what the russians are doing with their modules
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