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Old April 11th 11, 11:36 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Jorge R. Frank
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Default Commercial Space Station as a replacement for ISS?

On 04/10/2011 09:50 AM, Alan Erskine wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Sky...x_construction

Interesting idea; and the proposed launch date corresponds with the
Falcon Heavy.

Over on sci.space.shuttle in the Falcon Heavy thread, Jeff Findley said
"Build it and they will come"; well, here they come!


Even if a commercial space station is built, it will not be a
"replacement" for ISS, in the sense that the ISS partners will not
abandon ISS in favor of it. A commercial station would operate in
parallel with ISS, not in place of it.