Sometime later this decade, or perhaps early in the next one, the International Space Station will die. The end will probably come abruptly: a sudden failure of some crucial component perhaps, or the splintering of the station’s walls; a breach in the barriers keeping life and death apart. Astronauts will be forced to flee, the station itself doomed to fall back to Earth. When it does it will burn, heated to extraordinary temperatures by the atmosphere.
Is The World Ready for Private Space Stations?
Is The World Ready for Private Space…
Is The World Ready for Private Space Stations?
Sometime later this decade, or perhaps early in the next one, the International Space Station will die. The end will probably come abruptly: a sudden failure of some crucial component perhaps, or the splintering of the station’s walls; a breach in the barriers keeping life and death apart. Astronauts will be forced to flee, the station itself doomed to fall back to Earth. When it does it will burn, heated to extraordinary temperatures by the atmosphere.