Elon Musk recommends exorbiting the international space station in 2027: “Let’s go to Mars”

The advisor of the president of the United States and head of Space X, Elon Muskbet on ending in 2027 the mission of the International Space Station to focus efforts on going to Mars.

“It’s time to start preparations to exorbit the international space station. He has fulfilled his purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars, ”he said in his account of the social network X, of which he also owns.

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In another publication, he presented his favorite schedule: “The decision depends on the president, but my recommendation is as soon as possible. I recommend within 2 years. ”

NASA and its partners in the ISS project (the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos) began building the Orbital Laboratory in 1998. It has housed crew of rotary astronauts Continuously since November 2000, helping humanity to learn to live in space.

The partners plan to descend the station in a controlled way in 2030, using precisely an exorbitant vehicle provided by Spacex.

All station members, except one, agree with this schedule; Russia has repeatedly said that she wants to leave the program ahead of time and is currently committed only until 2028, one year after Musk proposes exorbiting her.