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Sure, let's pollute outer space, earth isn't enough. Can't wait to see the reaction when one of these barrels inevitably hits something important to someone.
by aspyct 3y ago
Sure, let's pollute outer space, earth isn't enough.
Can't wait to see the reaction when one of these barrels inevitably hits something important to someone.
- pfdietz 3y agoThese are deeply foolish objections. Space is already chock full of ionizing radiation, and is so enormously sparse that waste ejected into interstellar space (for example) is not going to hit anything of value, even for many orders of magnitude of time beyond the half life of anything in there. This is clearly much preferable to putting the stuff a few kilometers away from an active biosphere.
- tomjakubowski 3y agohow certain are we of the effects if the rocket blows up in the atmosphere? or before it escapes orbit? the DOE currently thinks it's a bad idea https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/3-reasons-why-we-dont-launch-nuclear-waste-space https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/3-reasons-why-we-dont-lau...
- pfdietz 3y agoPayloads can be armored to survive launch accidents, if mass to orbit is cheap enough. Remember, we're talking centuries of advancement here.
- aspyct 3y agoYes, because everything is always exactly going according to plan. Right?
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