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NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station

arstechnica.com NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station

The space agency did consider alternatives to splashing the station.

NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station
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  • Additionally, NASA is seeking to foster a commercial economy in low-Earth orbit. To that end, it is working with several private companies to develop commercial space stations that would be able to house NASA astronauts, as well as those from other countries and private citizens, by or before 2030. By setting an end date for the station's lifetime and sticking with it, NASA can help those private companies raise money from investors.

    Emphasis mine.

    I propose we bring back the age old traditions of liberated piracy, just, in space. That is all.