Nasa is looking for ideas to crash space station back to Earth

Nasa wants to cut the Russians out of the process.

Previously, Nasa had been considering using a Russian Progress spacecraft to carry out the deorbiting operation, but it’s now been decided that a new spacecraft will be made for the mission.

Nasa wants to safely take the ISS out of orbit after 2030 in a controlled manner without putting the populated areas on Earth at risk ‘Rather than relying on Russian systems that may not be able to accomplish this task, the Budget provides $180 million to initiate development of a new space tug that may also be useful for other space transportation Missions,’ said the 2024 US President’sThe US, Japan, Canada, and the participating countries of ESA will have their astronauts operating the ISS...

In a subsequent press conference, Nasa estimated the cost of the deorbit mission to be ‘a little short of about $1 billion’.

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