[ExI] Hawking urges Moon landing to 'elevate humanity'

[BillK]

On 22 June 2017 at 23:36, Adrian Tymes  wrote:
> In theory, the ISS's replacement will be higher up, past that field.
>

I haven't read much about a proposed ISS replacement.
A bit of searching just finds lots of 'hand-wavy' suggestions. Maybe a
Russian station using their module from the ISS, maybe a new Chinese
station, maybe private enterprise stations, maybe a Moon base, etc.
The huge cost to build and maintain the ISS led to international
co-operation to share the cost, so a replacement station may just be
too costly, especially when other space projects require funding as
well.
NASA and Russia have agreed to extend funding for the current ISS
until 2024, so there is still some time available to develop
replacement proposals.

BillK