Illustration of the International Space Station descending safely toward Point Nemo while ships remove floating plastic from the ocean. Smiling marine animals watch as Earth holds a sign reading

🚀 The Orbital Sinking Fund: Why NASA's ISS Ocean Landing Isn't the Marine Crisis You Think It Is

NASA's plan to intentionally deorbit the International Space Station into the Pacific Ocean has sparked environmental debate. But how significant is the impact compared with millions of tons of plastic entering the oceans every year? We examine the science, the engineering, and why understanding scale is one of the most important environmental skills we can develop.

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