What If We Sent All Our Garbage Into Space?
Have you ever wondered, what would happen, if we sent all our garbage to space?
Firstly, It would require massive resources, and technology to lift the waste out of Earth's gravitational pull.
Furthermore, launching rockets to space releases greenhouse gases, that contribute to global warming, and space debris could potentially damage satellites, and spacecraft.
Although, it is a potential solution in the future, the cost of sending a single rocket is still exorbitant, ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.
For Example, The Ariane 5 rocket, can carry 7000 kg of payload, to Earth's orbit for $200 million. To keep the planet free of garbage, 168 million of these rockets, would need to launch each year, at a cost of $33 quadrillion, which exceeds the current worldwide GDP of $77 trillion.
Even after that, there is no guarantee that, the waste would stay in orbit, and not fall back to Earth, causing more pollution.
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