The Loop: Jakara Anthony wins gold, Prince Charles responds to Queen honour, and the ISS is going down – ABC News

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It'sAustralia's *first ever* gold medal in the women's moguls. Here's the lowdown:

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It's the most expensive object ever built (its final cost will be over $US100 billion) but the ISS will meet its end in the ocean in 2031, NASA has announced.

That day will mark the end of 32 years of space station construction, experiments, photography and since November 2000 continuous human habitation,all whilehurtling around the planet once every 90 minutes or so.

And why does it have to go? It's gunking up and wearing out there's bacteria, fungi and other microbesthat surviveand thrivethere too.

It's also flying around in about 96 per cent oxygen atoms which is actually corroding the outside.

So what will NASA do next?

With its sights set further afield to deep space, the US space agency is funding commercial partners and outsourcing its low-Earth orbit activities to companies such as Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin.

It's already given Axiom Space permission to attach modules to the space station, which will eventually detach to become their own low-Earth orbit facility.

We'll be back later on with more of the good stuff.

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