RubyFox003 t1_islroqr wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:49 PM

Reply to comment by BlakHearted in The Solar System Isn’t Ready to Deal With Humanity’s Garbage by Maxcactus

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

BlakHearted t1_isltadl wrote on October 16, 2022 at 11:01 PM

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.