NASA and SpaceX on Wednesday outlined a plan to burn the space station up on re-entry and plunge what’s left into the ocean, ideally at the beginning of 2031 when it hits the 32-year mark
SpaceX will use a powerful, souped-up capsule to shove the International Space Station out of orbit once time is up for the sprawling lab.
NASA and Elon Musk’s company on Wednesday outlined the plan to burn the space station up on re-entry and plunge what’s left into the ocean, ideally at the beginning of 2031 when it hits the 32-year mark. The space agency rejected other options, like taking the station apart and bringing everything home or handing the keys to someone else.
NASA gave SpaceX a $843-million contract to bring down the station – the biggest structure ever built off the planet.The space station is already is showing signs of age. Russia and the U.S. launched the first pieces in late 1998, and astronauts moved in two years later. Europe and Japan added their own segments, and Canada provided robotic arms. By the time NASA’s shuttles retired in 2011, the station had grown to the size of a football field, with a mass of nearly 1 million pounds .
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