Where do you think the International Space Station will crash, and when?

Question

My guess is 2179, middle of the Atlantic.

Wow, I had no idea about that. That's hillarious. No, I cannot afford millions of tacos.

Answer 1

It's likely to a couple of thousand years because it is in orbit it doesn't come closer to the earth very fast and it is more ikely to crash in the Pacific because it is a larger ocean.

Answer 2

They periodically boost the ISS with the space shuttle so that this won't happen. Whenever the ISS outlives its usefulness, they will deorbit it on purpose so that the debris falls somewhere safe, most likely the Pacific Ocean since that's the equivalent of hitting the broad side of a barn, and pretty much completely safe from accidental impacts anywhere.

Skylab fell from orbit before they were able to launch a mission to correct its orbit / deorbit it in a controlled fashion. There were betting pools about where it was going to land. It was quite the sensation - I remember watching it on TV all day as the talking heads all offered their best guess as to where it would hit. Pieces of it ended up impacting in Australia - the largest of which was a tank of some sort - I recently saw it on display at the Huntsville, AL space and rocket center space museum.

Answer 3

why? are you going to buy the USA a taco if we call it?
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