if it is returning into the atmosphere: it has no possible threat of being "space junk" anymore regardless of material does it? [or are we being told to be scared that the sky is falling and fear satellites now like acid rain]. _____ edit >“We are very concerned with the fact that all the satellites which re-enter the Earth's atmosphere burn and create tiny alumina particles which will float in the upper atmosphere for many years.” sounds like a drop in the bucket Chicken Little--go fear monger one of the *real* problems and solve that [meh, it is easier to fabricate something within your means to solve and waste of resources for a hollow fleeting feel for virtue signaling notoriety and the equally manufactured adoration of cucks, trannies, and kikes].