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Am I the only person who thinks we're just going to be sending nuclear waste into space/storing it on moons with SpaceX Starships/whatever comes next? Can some
by s5300 6y ago
Am I the only person who thinks we're just going to be sending nuclear waste into space/storing it on moons with SpaceX Starships/whatever comes next?
Can somebody tell me why this won't be a viable option? Seems simple enough, and it's not like we've not done worse.
- acidburnNSA 6y agoIt's both cheaper and more likely to remain isolated from the biosphere in stable geologic formations like crystalline bedrock than going through the trouble of (relatively unreliably) getting into (and out of) orbit. Current nuclear waste solutions are perfectly sufficient and appropriate [1]. [1] https://whatisnuclear.com/waste.html https://whatisnuclear.com/waste.html
- effie 6y agoSending waste to space is a very dumb idea. First, rockets explode quite often. Second, sending things to space is very expensive, much more than storing them in storage facility. Third, nuclear waste will be very valuable in the future, so forward thinking country wants to keep it.