I'd not seen this discussed previously on the Missions and Launches Forum, so here's a link to the proposal which was made at a recent NASA workshop:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38661352/ns ... ence-space
If part of the US owned ISS structure can be re-used at the end of the ISS mission for another manned mission that would seem to be a sensible idea - after all the mass has already been raised to LEO.
A Russian view of this and some other proposals for re-using ISS segments:
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/08/23/16886597.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38661352/ns ... ence-space
If part of the US owned ISS structure can be re-used at the end of the ISS mission for another manned mission that would seem to be a sensible idea - after all the mass has already been raised to LEO.
A Russian view of this and some other proposals for re-using ISS segments:
http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/08/23/16886597.html
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