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by j-pb 992 days ago
The ISS is a symbol of international peace and collaboration.

In a time where tensions are increasing and everybody abandons nuclear disarmament treaties, it seems like a good idea to keep it as a reminder that an end of the cold war was possible and what we can achieve as friends not as enemies.

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How things are going, I doubt anyone will care when they press the big red switch, while reading the launch codes.

Maybe as a monument to whoever finds what remains of the planet afterwards.

Doomsaying is not a sexy look.

If it could help, it's worth the effort to at least try, otherwise why bother doing anything.

And the statue of Liberty, Holocaust memorial and hundreds of other monuments signifying Nazism, racism, wars etc etc which are visible everyday and are here on earth for people to see, visit, didn't change a single damn thing in the minds of people. We don't need heavy metal junk orbiting which cannot be seen by anyone unless they have specialized equipment for us to remember we can achieve peace.