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NASA in the process of retiring ISS in favor of private space stations
NASA is making plans to support a new generation of space stations to take over for the International Space Station (ISS) when it retires.
The space agency is considering having ISS partners develop new commercial space stations for future low Earth orbit missions (LEO), according to Elizabeth Howell with Space.com.
Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight development at NASA headquarters, described why it's necessary to think beyond the ISS.
"ISS is an amazing system, but unfortunately it won't last forever; it could experience an unrecoverable anomaly at any time," McAlister said.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/space/article/NASA-supports-new-space-stations-16061387.php
