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4225759 No.4225759 [Reply] [Original]

Assuming that we have the technology and it can be built...

Would it be a good idea to build a large tube that shoots all of our waste into space, where it would just become "space junk" ... if you think this is just retarded explain why.

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>> No.4225771

maybe certain types of nuclear junk.
apart from that nearly everything can be recycled so it's retarded to just blow it into space.

>> No.4225907

>>4225771
Maybe eliminate landfills?

>> No.4225927

That's the plot of Planetes.

>> No.4225948

Its a horrible idea for many reasons. Waste of propelled energy, the waste could be recycled into something valuable.
Danger to satellites.

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4225987

>implying shooting it into space won't cause even bigger problems, pic related

>> No.4226057

>>4225907
Landfills are not a problem.

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>>4226057
Nigga you dun goofed

>> No.4226236

Personally I think the reason is no one is bold enough to try.

>> No.4226255

Because it would cause even more space junk. We already have enough issues with space junk orbiting our planet, and it grows ever year. It is a horrible idea to make even more.

>> No.4226260

Look at Jupiter. That shit absorbs THOUSANDS of Asteroids that are coming straight for Earth all the time. Why not just send all of our trash there too? I mean, when asteroids that are ~10 miles wide are not even making a remote dent in its atmosphere, why not send all of our trash there? Even Nuclear Waste.

>> No.4226262

the reason is because you'd be throwing away perfectly useful quarks and electrons, and wasting energy to do it

>> No.4226265

>>4226260

The only thing it's really viable for is depleted uranium and spent fuel rods and the like. It's a horrible idea to just throw all our refuse into another planet.