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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday envisioned his company enabling a space station on the moon on the heels of a NASA announcement that it has selected the company to develop a vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS).
What Happened: The ISS, which was launched in 1998, is projected to be decommissioned by 2030. NASA on Wednesday announced that it has selected SpaceX to develop the spacecraft to deorbit the space station. SpaceX will be responsible for building the vehicle, but NASA will oversee the mission, it said.
While SpaceX will indeed be part of the deorbiting of the space station, it will also be part of enabling a space station on the Moon, Musk said on Wednesday following the announcement.
“The Moon Station that Starship will enable will be great,” Musk wrote.
But the Moon Station that Starship will enable will be great — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, ...