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BlakHearted t1_isk2211 wrote

I hoped this article was talking about trash in orbit, but it wasn’t. It’s mostly about trash on Mars and the moon, which is a more pressing issue than human waste floating in the immensity of the solar system. However that’s not what the title really implies, is my complaint?

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RubyFox003 t1_islroqr wrote

Its not a pressing issue at all... imagine dropping a small droplet of oil into the Oceans. Thats how much it would matter if Humanity dumped all of its trash into the planets of the solar system like a thousand times. Space is big and dead, trash doesnt matter unless its in Earth orbit

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BlakHearted t1_isltadl wrote

I meant contamination more than I’m concerned about space litter. If some kind of life exists on Mars (or I guess the moon in some super far fetched scenario), the things we leave there could potentially impact that life. There are protocols to mitigate this, I just meant pressing in comparison to the idea that this space litter would accumulate to become an issue.

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