When we conceived the Mir, we didn't think much about its end, the prospect seemed so distant and we had many other things to do,

We must discard it while we are still capable of controlling it, not turn its descent into a roulette that threatens the entire global community.

The Mir has lived a wonderful life and must end it in a graceful way,

Nothing can last forever,

When it shall come into their sight from a distant place, they shall hear its vehement raging and roaring.

And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.