ISS will end up at the bottom of the sea in 2031

[UM-Bot]

NASA has confirmed its plans for the decommissioning and final de-orbiting of the long-lived space station.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/355126/iss-will-end-up-at-the-bottom-of-the-sea-in-2031

[+OverSword]

I wonder what ISS the next generation will be like?  Or will the private sector take over and dominate space exploration and exploitation going forward?

[Saru]

39 minutes ago, OverSword said:

I wonder what ISS the next generation will be like?  Or will the private sector take over and dominate space exploration and exploitation going forward?

I tend to think the private sector will dominate in the not-too-distant future.

[+OverSword]

Just now, Saru said:

I tend to think the private sector will dominate in the not-too-distant future.

It's inevitable if there is a profit to be made.  Watched a documentary a while back about the development of machines designed to mine on the moon.  At this point it looks like too big a challenge due to low gravity and the coarseness of moon dust.  

[+razman]

So they're gonna pollute the world some more instead of recycling it?

[Jon the frog]

We need that to be filmed in the ISS, outside of it and on the ground.

Next station need to be at a lagrange point.