TECH - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Says Safe Destruction Of International Space Station Will Be A 'Very Dramatic Event:' 'Sky Full Of Shooting Stars' | Benzinga
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the deorbiting of the International Space Station (ISS) and its subsequent burning up during re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere will be “a very dramatic event” with the sky over the Pacific showing streaks of light resembling shooting stars.
What Happened: “This will be a very dramatic event. Sky full of shooting stars, albeit over an empty region of the Pacific (but we will still get great video),” Musk wrote on X about the ISS’s disposal scheduled for around 2030.
This will be a very dramatic event. Sky full of shooting stars, albeit over an empty region of the Pacific (but we will still get great video). — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024
NASA chose SpaceX to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit vehicle (USDV) to deorbit the space station and ensure a lack of risk to populated areas in late June. SpaceX will develop the deorbit spacecraft under the contract valued at $843 million and ...