re-use of ISS

One problem: It's not all up yet, and it's looking doubtful that
it'll be built up any more than it is. Given NASA's record with space
stations, are there any bets that they'll get it right this time?
(ISS = "Incredible Shrinking Station")
Even if it got up intact, I doubt that anybody would want to buy it
for doing anything real. It's a dinosaur ("an elephant is a mouse
built to government specs" and a dino is a mouse built to NASA specs)
deliberately over-complex and over-expensive.

Tokyo Disneyland must go the same way as any other potential space
venture.
http://www.permanent.com/p-extank.htm

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NASA Panel Endorses Scaling Back the ISS
Marcia Dunne
Associated Press
20 Dec 2001

The NASA Advisory Council is endorsing the idea of scaling back
the international space station program, saying the huge cost
overruns "cannot be excused and must not be ignored."

Last month, an independent task force on the space station's
budget problems suggested that NASA reduce the station work force and
number of shuttle flights and reorganize station management to get
costs under control. The overruns are in the billions; NASA has yet
to determine exactly how many billions.

No commitments to expand the space station should be made until
NASA has regained public confidence, the council added.

http://space.com/missionlaunches/missions/iss_panel_011220.html
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Sren Nielsen wrote: