Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-212.56.135.17-20160525143405/@comment-28398720-20160526201223

Wri-El wrote: surviving in space for 97 years. Totally achievable.

While we can build something and stock it to survive 97 years in space, there is no way in hell that in orbit stations had the resources to survive for 97 years, let alone serve several times its original population. Every piece of equipment would be way WAY WAY past its expiration date. Its not just that the Solar panels and reactor will fail, but everything from seals, to transistors and they don't have the resources to manufacture it in space. But we are nit picking ;)