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by m_mueller 1880 days ago
I’d argue that it’s just an effect of lazy writing though. Deorbiting anything into the sun is a very expensive way to get rid of it. They showed instant proto molecule cleanup operations in another season - just use that again.
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They didn’t want to risk going after it, it’s not written differently in the books.

It was done so the audience can understand what happens easily without having to drag it out over a few episodes.

The shows main strength is that they know rather well when physics are important for the plot and when it isn’t and they execute on this very well.