How long is ISS lifetime?

After seeing a comment that the modules are good to around 2015 it got
me wondering, what is its life expectancy?

Probably depends on whether they have any nasty accident as per Mir or not!

I'd imagine they have a long life really, as I understood the various bits
are replaceable.

Brian

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After seeing a comment that the modules are good to around 2015 it got
me wondering, what is its life expectancy?

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Probably depends on whether they have any nasty accident as per Mir or not!

I'd imagine they have a long life really, as I understood the various bits
are replaceable.

Brian

Corrections welcomed, but Mir survived its accidents rather well. What
killed it was politics. Given that Zarya was launched in late 1998, ISS
will have to survive until 2013 or 2014 to outlive it.
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But surely, if its not finished till2010, then to get a decent return, you
would need it to at least last till,say, 2020?

Brian

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In message , Brian Gaff
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Probably depends on whether they have any nasty accident as per Mir or
not!

I'd imagine they have a long life really, as I understood the various bits
are replaceable.

Brian

Corrections welcomed, but Mir survived its accidents rather well. What
killed it was politics. Given that Zarya was launched in late 1998, ISS
will have to survive until 2013 or 2014 to outlive it.
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Brian Gaff wrote:

But surely, if its not finished till 2010, then
to get a decent return, you would need it to at
least last till, say, 2020?

What return are we expecting from ISS?

On 12 Sep 2005 07:04:27 -0700, wrote:


Brian Gaff wrote:

But surely, if its not finished till 2010, then
to get a decent return, you would need it to at
least last till, say, 2020?

What return are we expecting from ISS?

I know this sounds harsh, but as far as I can tell the primary US goal
for the ISS is to finish building it so we can say we honored our
political commitments to our international partners.

I'm sure NASA has some goals, but as far as Washington is concerned I
think that, once it's built, they'll want NASA to move on to other
things and spend as little as possible on ISS unless it advances other
agendas.

-- David