{"id":1170,"date":"2024-06-28T00:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/spacex-given-permission-to-destroy-the-international-space-station\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T00:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T00:05:01","slug":"spacex-given-permission-to-destroy-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/spacex-given-permission-to-destroy-the-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX given permission to destroy the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NASA has given Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX permission to destroy the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>space<\/strong> station has been continually occupied since 2000 by astronauts doing more than 3,300 scientific experiments above our heads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>But the countries operating the <strong>ISS<\/strong> only agreed to run it until 2030 at the latest.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, the US, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada have maintained different sections of the ISS. The agreements to jointly run the space station marked a new era of global cooperation after the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p>But when those agreements run out, the space station will need to be brought out of orbit and Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX has been given the $843m (\u00a3666.4m) contract to do it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>The company will build a vehicle to tow the space station through the atmosphere where it will \u201cdestructively break up\u201d, according to <strong>NASA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crash landing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It will then crash into the ocean, away from populated areas, along with the <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe orbital laboratory remains a blueprint for science, exploration, and partnerships in space for the benefit of all,\u201d said Ken Bowersox, NASA\u2019s associate administrator for Space Operations Mission Directorate.<\/p>\n<p>While SpaceX will develop the deorbit spacecraft, NASA will take ownership after development and operate it throughout its mission.<\/p>\n<p>But once the ISS is destroyed, low-orbit will not lie empty.<\/p>\n<p>Private companies including SpaceX, Axiom, Blue Origin and Vast are developing commercial space stations that could launch as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Selecting the deorbit vehicle] supports NASA\u2019s plans for future commercial destinations and allows for the continued use of space near Earth,\u201d said Mr Bowersox.<\/p>\n<p>The ISS costs the various space agencies \u20ac100bn (\u00a384.6bn) to run, according to the European Space Agency, over 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>NASA said the agency is transitioning to \u201ccommercially owned space destinations closer to home\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has given Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX permission to destroy the International Space Station (ISS) by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}