INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO BE CRASHED INTO THE SEA

The International Space Station is reaching the end of its useful life, and NASA has plans to hire a company to crash it into the Pacific Ocean sometime in 2030. The company who made the winning bid: SpaceX – Elon Musk’s company – which will be given $843 million to complete the job. The company will have to create a new vehicle, which will be used to push the station into the Pacific Ocean from space.
* I believe I’ve just described the action set piece for the next Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movie.
* The last astronaut out has to make sure nobody left their phone charger in an outlet, and check for stuff under all the furniture.
* And checkout is 10 AM, or else there’s an extra fee.
* Hey, here’s a thought: duct tape a couple of cameras and a thermometer to it and push it off into the sun. Science project!
* Since they’re putting it into the Pacific, how about aiming for that big floating plastic garbage pile.