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If it caused a pressure blow out, then material ejected from the station could cause a loss of control of the station. Loss of systems from the blow out are part of the considerations.

As for causes, everything vibrates constantly. Usually they are imperceptible or unimportant for consideration since the structural systems you see on Earth are generally robust enough to handle the design loads.

Some structures on Earth have specific dynamic considerations that account for fatigue (cranes, machine floors, sky scrapers, bridges, etc.) but what sets terrestrial structures apart, is that we still have the ground we are tied to which presents a place for loading to go (or come from).

In space there is no rigid boundary point for us to tie to, so the dynamics of an orbital structure are going to get weird when compared to those on Earth.

Generally boundary conditions simplify mathematical systems in structural analysis, so lacking those means more complicated design equations and a greater chance of error.

Additionally our understanding of material behavior under load (stress and strain), has improved significantly over the past 20 years, so older designs were generally conservative, however there have been instances were design methodology was found severely lacking, opening up opportunity for failure that was never considered in the past.

Finally aluminum is a strange metal to work with, so that could be an additional failure mode, it has ductility, but at comparatively higher temperatures its ductility is reduced. This could cause thermal stress issues, particularly if near dissimilar materials.

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station keeping would require it to be able to adjust its position from time to time anyway, all orbits become unstable over x amount of time, the thing was always going to come down.

the problem is when bits and pieces start failing it im thinking it wouldnt be able to keep itself stable as well.

im gonna go with actually feasible. i dont know how high above atmospheric friction that could seriously affect it it is but if it is in a portion that does experience drag then yeah without station keeping its going to slow down enough to deorbit.

Physics: Why yes, you can shoot things up high enough fast enough that they stay up there!

Also physics: Oh you want to do something useful with that?

Low Earth orbit is real. Manned Travel to/ in Deep Space is fantasy.

They intend to sell it off/rent it to private interests starting in 2028 so that companies can test future habitat platforms. Deorbit after 2031.

I wonder if this is at least partially related to the dyke who sabotaged some modules so she’d be sent home sooner.

the specific one actually. the woman astronaut who went nuts, drilled a hole, spewed shit and radiation throughout the station, and then they blamed that hole on the russians

Maybe it's a reference to all the crack their diverse nigger 'space engineers' smoke all the time.

You mean if something is pressurized and began to leak air, that wouldn't result in loss of ability to maintain orbit.

EDIT: I dont really care about this normie fear porn, but it is constantly losing altitude every week/ month regardless of a crack.
Until propelled back up by a propulsion module or shuttle.