Elon Musk feels that we should start moving beyond the International Space Station (ISS).
SpaceX chief and close Trump advisor said through X, “This is the time to start preparation for @Space_Station. It has fulfilled its purpose. It is very lowly incremental utility. Let’s go on Mars,” Spacex Prominent and close Trump Advisor said through X (20 February).
In another X post, he prepared his favorite timeline: “The decision is up to the President, but my recommendation is soon. I advise after 2 years from now.”
This is the time to start preparations to cancel @Space_Station. It has fulfilled its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go on Mars.February 20, 2025
NASA and its partners on the ISS project – Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Russia’s Space Agency, Rososomos – started building the orbiting lab in 1998. It hosted the astronaut crew since November 2000. , Help humanity to learn to stay in space so that we are better equipped to keep the roots down on the moon and Mars.
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The end is already in sight to the outpost, showing the symptoms of their advanced age. The partners planned to bring down the station in a controlled fashion in 2030, using a dorbit vehicle provided by SpaceX.
One of all but ISS partners is on board with this timeline; Russia repeatedly stated that it wants to leave the ISS program early and is currently committed only through 2028 – a year later Musk would like to bring down the revolving laboratory.
Musk’s ideas on this subject should not be dismissed as useless, as he appears to be with Trump’s ear on many issues. For example, Musk is currently leading a comprehensive audit of the federal government through an advisory group called the Department of Efficiency Department of the Government. As a result of this audit, many agencies have sorted thousands, expecting many more cuts in the near future.
And after the orbit of the low earth, the next destination should not pay attention to Mars as the next destination should not be surprised; The billionaire has long placed red planets in his sites. For example, in a December X post, he rejected the moon as “a distraction”, saying that “we are going directly to Mars.”
However, NASA does not plan at this time. The agency is working to achieve the moon through its Artemis program to achieve astronauts, seeing the Earth’s nearest neighbor as a step stone for the red planet.
Space.com reached NASA about Iss Deorbit ideas of Musk, but has not yet heard back from the agency.
