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Chairboy t1_jcbrckq wrote

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

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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