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Summary
Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be deorbited “as soon as possible,” suggesting a two-year timeline instead of NASA’s planned 2030 retirement.
His statement has sparked political backlash, particularly from Sen. Ted Cruz, who supports the ISS. NASA and international partners prefer keeping the ISS operational.
Musk’s push appears tied to redirecting NASA funding toward Mars exploration, potentially challenging plans for private space stations.
This move could further centralize US space efforts around SpaceX, impacting commercial space competition.
Wow, Elon bought twitter at a third the cost. What an excellent deal he got. /s
if ~ $44b was the cost to acquire the u.s., and its ~ 25% of the global economy (un estimate based on gdp), he could buy all the rest, complete the set, and still have a chunk of change left over.
The world economy is far larger than that. It’ll be something like $100 trillion, IIRC, as the US is currently about a quarter of it and has a GDP somewhere like $20 or $30 trillion.
kagis
The US GDP is $29.168 trillion for 2024.
So, this is gonna be for 2024, and so it won’t include inflation from 2010:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_economy
That says $110 trillion for the world for 2024.