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Its falling apart. Modules are starting to show fatigue/stress in really bad ways that could just snap apart at some point. It's also already been push past its expected lifespan without any plans to build a new one yet China has been building their own new space station for a while now.

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>Dr John Grunsfeld, former astronaut, NASA chief scientist, and retired associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, was talking to The Register in the wake of the proposed cuts to NASA's budget and, in particular, the proposal to reduce the agency's science budget by almost half. At the time of writing, it appears that the US Congress has rejected the full extent of the cuts. After we spoke with Grunsfeld, the US Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its version of NASA's 2026 funding legislation, retaining 2025's $7.3 billion. The Planetary Society's Chief of Space Policy, Casey Dreier, said: "This is huge news for NASA science, and a complete rejection of the White House's draconian proposal."

Its falling apart. Modules are starting to show fatigue/stress in really bad ways that could just snap apart at some point. It's also already been push past its expected lifespan without any plans to build a new one yet China has been building their own new space station for a while now. Archive: https://archive.today/SQojV From the post: >>Dr John Grunsfeld, former astronaut, NASA chief scientist, and retired associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, was talking to The Register in the wake of the proposed cuts to NASA's budget and, in particular, the proposal to reduce the agency's science budget by almost half. At the time of writing, it appears that the US Congress has rejected the full extent of the cuts. After we spoke with Grunsfeld, the US Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its version of NASA's 2026 funding legislation, retaining 2025's $7.3 billion. The Planetary Society's Chief of Space Policy, Casey Dreier, said: "This is huge news for NASA science, and a complete rejection of the White House's draconian proposal."

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I look forward to some video in the future of some young guy finding this "vintage" tech on a casual space walk, moding it and upgrading it.

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This is something that I think the government should spend money on. Maybe cut back on the defense budget a tad

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If we finally banish all of the DEI/BURG/BRIDGE/BDI/etc bullshit then we would have plenty of cash for NASA to keep stuff like this running for DECADES.

Assuming that they don't need a re-fueling missing. We basically lost that ability with the loss of the shuttle and we don't have a "drone" or "probe" that can do it yet. (China claims to have just tested one successfully).