On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 09:37:07 -0600, "Paul F. Dietz"
wrote:

Brian Thorn wrote:

10 years and ISS will be at end of life.


No, it will have two years left, possibly much more under commercial
sponsorship of the US segment.

Do you actually think there's going to be any significant commercial
interest in ISS? Microgravity just isn't commercially attractive given
current launch technology.

By 2016, we may not be talking about "current launch technology".

Brian