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BufferTheOverflow t1_jcbpsqo wrote

Reply to comment by Chairboy in NASA wants new 'deorbit tug' to bring space station down in 2030 by DevilsRefugee

I’m not familiar with logistics of surface recovery at Point Nemo, but surely we have to at least try? The prospect of taking such an important milestone, tugging it into the Pacific, and letting debris (if any) sink is disheartening.

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Chairboy t1_jcbrckq wrote

Whatever little chunks survive re-entering at those speeds (which will be very little, it will be mostly powder and little bits of confetti-like pieces of metal falling out of the sky) will hit the water and sink because the kinds of things that would float will probably burn up.

Just to make sure we're on the same page here, that it's understood there isn't a space station touching down.

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BufferTheOverflow t1_jcbsb4a wrote

Definitely on the same page. I wasn’t implying there would be huge salvageable chunks. Guess we will have to do with a replica.

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