In this well researched narrative, fearing  exposure, the US and its partners are in the process of dismantling the Space Stations's secret laboratory ensuring that when it crash lands in the Australian desert there will be no evidence that it had been used to develop a deadly pathogen. 

Aren't you a little curious that shortly after publication of Massey's novel  the ISS partners are disassociating themselves with the Space Station with NASA ceasing  its shuttle service and  the Russians  about  to stop sending up rockets leaving the station  unmanned?

How long before  we learn  the Space Station  is going to be junked? Makes you wonder if the ISS really was a secret biowarfare facility. Not a big stretch ... several of the partners are serial offenders.