It also sidesteps the partners operating the ISS; NASA isn&#x27;t the only one (albeit possibly the largest one) on the station.<p>&gt; If nothing else, the ISS would be useful for &quot;worker housing&quot; during such assembly projects.<p>Interestingly Russia plans to take some of their part from the ISS to build another space station (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Orbital_Piloted_Assembly_and_Experiment_Complex" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Orbital_Piloted_Assembly_and_E...</a>) that will exactly have this role of an intermediary &quot;gas station&quot; between earth and space exploration