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The US president has proposed ending Washington's commitment to the ISS beyond 2024. The leader of the European Space Agency is concerned about the pitfalls of the program falling into the hands of private firms.
Selfies Alexander Gerst (picture-alliance/dpa/A. Gerst)
US President Donald Trump's administration wants private businesses to run the International Space Station (ISS) by 2025, but that's "unrealistic" according to the head of the European Space Agency (ESA).
"The total operation of the space station is simply too expensive," said Jan Wörner.
German Astronaut Alexander Gerst's is training to command the ISS later this year (REUTERS/W. Rattay) German Astronaut Alexander Gerst is training to command the ISS later this year
Trump has proposed ending US government funding for the orbiting outpost, which is jointly supported by the European, US, Japanese and Russian space agencies. Under Trump's proposed budget, Washington would pull governmental funding and instead provide a budget of  $150 million (122 million euros) to encourage the involvement of private enterprise in the ISS.

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