One must admit that the building of the ISS was an engineering marvel. I’m not too sure what it is that we are doing with it. Has it been instrumental in any kind of scientific development, important discovery? It might be that it has had some significance in studying long term duration space flight! We built most of it, lots of the Russian contribution was usually late and it’s quality dubious. But now we are over a barrel. So do we just give up?
Space Station’s Benefits for Humanity in Plain Sight in New Video Feature ...
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/benefits_video/#.U3OXPtJdWSo