Elon Musk Calls for Ending NASA Space Station Program Early (1)

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recommended hastening the end of the International Space Station on his social media site X, arguing that the laboratory should be taken out of orbit within two years instead of the current five-year target.

“The decision is up to the President, but my recommendation is as soon as possible,” Musk wrote Thursday on his social media site X. He argued that the ISS “has served its purpose” and that there “is very little incremental utility.”

Musk then reiterated his ultimate plan: “Let’s go to Mars.”

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