Everyone knows we have waste management problems. From Fatberg to the The Great Pacific Garbage Patch . Even our "clean" nuclear energy leaves us with horrible toxic waste we shove in the ground. It seems that regardless of the skeptics, shooting the worst of our waste into the sun might be our best option.
Dispose of nuclear waste in the Sun.
They say the costs are just to high, I don't even understand this concept. we are talking about stuff that if left will kill us all eventually. We even keep making more of it. With current conceptions of space travel and rockets I'll admit the idea seems a bit implausible. Though I'm thinking that we set up our current launch facilities based on our destinations. If we want a disposal point it's all about getting out of earth gravity, and being reasonable sure it will have a clear path into the sun eventually. I'd think a polar launch site would be best to eliminate as much of our rotation as possible. A boost to break earths gravity well, and we have roughly a year before we'd see it again. Done correctly it will be well on it's fall toward the sun. I'm fairly certain we have the ability to even calculate the optimal times for launch to use the moon, and inner planets as nice gravity slingshots to accomplish the feat with elegant energetic efficiency. We don't need to rush to get rid of it all yesterday, we just need to begin to get rid of more then we make in a defined period.
I know the effort seems monumental, but I guess we should thought about how to get rid of the stuff before we started making it.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
Dispose of nuclear waste in the Sun.
They say the costs are just to high, I don't even understand this concept. we are talking about stuff that if left will kill us all eventually. We even keep making more of it. With current conceptions of space travel and rockets I'll admit the idea seems a bit implausible. Though I'm thinking that we set up our current launch facilities based on our destinations. If we want a disposal point it's all about getting out of earth gravity, and being reasonable sure it will have a clear path into the sun eventually. I'd think a polar launch site would be best to eliminate as much of our rotation as possible. A boost to break earths gravity well, and we have roughly a year before we'd see it again. Done correctly it will be well on it's fall toward the sun. I'm fairly certain we have the ability to even calculate the optimal times for launch to use the moon, and inner planets as nice gravity slingshots to accomplish the feat with elegant energetic efficiency. We don't need to rush to get rid of it all yesterday, we just need to begin to get rid of more then we make in a defined period.
I know the effort seems monumental, but I guess we should thought about how to get rid of the stuff before we started making it.
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
