eli5 why wouldn’t atronauts survive a fall from the ISS into the pacific?

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eli5 why wouldn’t atronauts survive a fall from the ISS into the pacific?

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This question is really too generic to actually have a single answer.

But I’ll give you the most probable one. If an astronaut would get out of the ISS and “jump” they would not reach earth. Without a way to slow down the astronaut would just be going around the earth in their own orbit. Death by asphyxiation is my guess for the result.