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Summary
Elon Musk has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be deorbited “as soon as possible,” suggesting a two-year timeline instead of NASA’s planned 2030 retirement.
His statement has sparked political backlash, particularly from Sen. Ted Cruz, who supports the ISS. NASA and international partners prefer keeping the ISS operational.
Musk’s push appears tied to redirecting NASA funding toward Mars exploration, potentially challenging plans for private space stations.
This move could further centralize US space efforts around SpaceX, impacting commercial space competition.
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I recommend that Elon Musk be deorbited ASAP
And by “deorbited” I mean “take away his Ketamine”.
I recommend that he is orbited. And by that I mean orbited.
Stuff him in a Cybertruck and launch it towards Mars. He should be fine.
I would suggest Mercury, just to be on the safe side.
Dropping the perigee that low is a waste of fuel unless you’re gonna be doing gravity assists
I was being fuel conscious. My initial thought was for the perigee to be within the sun’s radius.
I thought that said “obitted” and I nearly clutched my pearls and gasped at the suggestiom
I hear Elon has been wanting to colonize Mars.
And not let back down.
Let him down whenever, as long as he’s orbited with a cannon.
Without a spacecraft. Or a suit.
As a part of this deorbiting idea, I would suggest removing his orbitofrontal cortex. Although, with all the shit he is dribbling… I’m not so sure that he has one.
I’d be fine if we put him in the orbit of the sun.
unfortunately he already is
Harumpf I realized that as I hit submit. I mean like reeeaaly close. Wait, same thing. Ok, launch the fucker into the sun.
Have I got good news for you!
Not sure what the sun ever did to you to deserve that, but I find that to be too harsh (on the sun).
No no, don’t take it away from him. In fact, he’s been such a good boy lately, he deserves extra. A lot extra.
As seen in the Ars comments, the Ars article is missing a bit of context.
Musk got into a tweet war with the commander of the space station over whether Suni and Butch’s extended stay on the ISS was political. Musk eventually called him a mentally challenged idiot and then followed that up with a call for the ISS to be deorbited ASAP.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/elon-musk-iss-deorbit-00205268
Well, THERES the context.
Just another cry session from Musk after he got called out for his bullshit.
He didn’t call him “mentally challenged idiot” he fully called him “retarded”.
Thanks, that makes this all worse. Giant man-baby gets put in his place by someone better than him and he can’t handle it. So he breaks their toys.
Counterproposal: Deorbit Trump and Musk ASAP.
Countercounterproposal: put them in orbit ASAP and keep them there.
Oopsies the station is decompressing quickly. Oh no what a terrible tragedy for the history books. One can dream.
Oh, yeah, right. Space Station. I suppose you could put them inside of something for their orbit. I had something more straightforward in mind though. Just strap em to a rocket and let fly. Make them explorers of the solar system
The best thing that could happen would be for Elon to actually attempt to go to Mars
Every time I see pics of him in that “colonize Mars” shirt, I think: YOU FIRST, fELON.
Counterpoint, fly them both to the ISS, get the two stranded astronauts back, then space them out of orbit but leave the station there.
Counterpoint proposal, stuff the ISS with as many traitorous fascist Project 2025 bastards along with President Musk, his plus-one Trump and their buttboy Vance.
This sounds interesting. Imagine all of them trying to figure out how to “rule” the ISS as it gets just a bit warmer…“no! The rule says we must wear clothes at all times!..well, because he’s the president, that’s why he gets to go naked”
I’m just picturing the Libertarian types among them all trying to out-Galt-Gulch one another, while the white supremacist types among them are calculating who among them are the most “in-group” when it comes to being the most “superior race”.
Don’t forget fElon’s Incel Clown Posse, AKA, the dogebags!
they aren’t stranded
Ah yes, I forgot. They can probably just ride the safety exit door on a Boeing soda can craft that may be attached to the iss.
there is a dragon capsule docked that is their ride home. they have a ride home assigned to them, but their return has been delayed. they are not stranded.
Rapid, unscheduled disassembly.
Now, for legal purposes, let me say I’m not asking for or instructing anyone to do this. But at this point, I think Musk needs a visit from a Luigi-type stochastic terrorist. If one was about to kill oneself, and statistically, there’ll be people who read this who are, consider taking out Musk before you go. You’ll be a martyr and a celebrated hero across the internet. You’ll also be giving a massive gift to humankind.
On a personal level, to anyone reading this: I’m sorry that we’re at this spot, it sucks.
Conflict of interest much?
Might as well fast track other countries leadership on space. Why not? Fuck Elon btw.
I hate the fact that anyone, anywhere, has to listen to what fElon’s “thoughts” on anything are.
I can’t remember but who was it that had the contract to deorbit the ISS? Oh yeah, Spaz-X
I mean, it’s not just the US that provides funding for that or contributed components. Russia, various European countries, Japan and Canada, I believe, all have some level of funding.
kagis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station_programme
The ISS has been described as the most expensive single item ever constructed.[93] As of 2010, the total cost was US$150 billion. This includes NASA’s budget of $58.7 billion ($89.73 billion in 2021 dollars) for the station from 1985 to 2015, Russia’s $12 billion, Europe’s $5 billion, Japan’s $5 billion, Canada’s $2 billion, and the cost of 36 shuttle flights to build the station, estimated at $1.4 billion each, or $50.4 billion in total.
Now, granted, Russia had already been talking about killing their support, maybe pulling their modules off to start a new space station for some time, so they’re probably more than fine with that.
I can’t believe Musk was able to make me actively antagonistic about space exploration.
Nah space flight is cool! And my cousin who works at SpaceX is cool. Musk doesn’t need to be synonymous with space exploration.
