http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/15/nasa-to-junk-space-station-in-2016/
After a decade of costly construction, the International Space Station is nearing completion. But NASA won't have long to enjoy the achievement.
According to an article from the Washington Post, NASA space station program manager Michael T. Suffredini raised eyebrows when, at a public hearing last month, he declared flatly that NASA plans to de-orbit the station in 2016.
That means the $100 billion research facility, which has been circling Earth since 1998, will ultimately burst into flames as it reenters the Earth's atmosphere and crashes into the Pacific Ocean.
