00:00The International Space Station is going to crash into the ocean.
00:03Here's why.
00:04We've had this space house since 1998.
00:06Liftoff of the Proton Rocket, the International Space Station is underway.
00:10It's where astronauts from around the world do science experiments in orbit.
00:14But it was only meant to last 15 years.
00:16It's now been more than 20.
00:17It's getting expensive to maintain.
00:19And it needs periodic boosts to keep it in orbit.
00:21So NASA has officially decided they're going to bring it down in 2030
00:24and replace it with something else.
00:26But this thing is the size of a soccer field.
00:28So they'll start by letting the Earth's upper atmosphere slowly drag it downward, less boosting.
00:32And then, once all the crew is off, SpaceX will send a special deorbit vehicle
00:36which will latch onto the ISS and push it downward into the atmosphere
00:40where most of it will burn up and the rest will land in a remote ocean area,
00:44likely the Pacific.
00:45And it'll finally come to rest on the ocean floor.
00:47And if you want to know what's going to replace it, subscribe.
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