I am just wondering if we'll be able to see anything from the ground with binoculars or a telescope.

Yes, orbital decay is real and not just something from Star Trek. I've learned a lot about this kind of thing from using Orbiter Space Flight Simulator in the last couple of years. Any orbiting body has a low point and high point along its orbit. As time passes these gradually get lower and higher unless a correction burn is made occasionally. That's what has happened with the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA has to go up every few years and manually adjust its orbit. They are only going to do it one more time, though, this year. Then they are apparently going to abandon it (even though its their greatest acheivement since Apollo). After that we'll be hearing about how Hubble is going to fall to Earth.

Is this guy ever going to be held accountable for his actions? Does anyone know whether or not that kid's mother sued or got him suspended at least?