Topic: [ISS] Likely end of space station crewed ops
Headshot Member
Posts: 864 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
posted 09-28-2017 09:39 AM
Ruling out political and financial issues, what is most likely to cause the end of crewed operations aboard the International Space Station and its intentional re-entry? Structural failure of one of the modules? A coolant leak that cannot be repaired? Impact damage? Degradation of the solar arrays?
Does any cSer know of any studies or reports addressing this issue?
Philip Member
Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
posted 09-28-2017 10:37 AM
Probably degradation of the material of all modules in the complete structure. Other space stations: