No the best thing to do is to dump it in third world country's like we all ready do,they`ll appreciate all that plastic and cardboard.
2007-02-07 09:17:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Do you really want to use 700+ tonnes of rocket to place 10 tonnes of rubbish in to orbit. Because that's what would happen if you use the Ariane 5, one of the most powerful launch vehicles around.
To leave earth orbit, the mass of rubbish would have to be reduced by at least 2 tonnes, for a motor and it's fuel.
You would need something like a Mass Driver (think huge railgun) to make the process more efficient. And no guarantee that the sh*t wouldn't return home.
2007-02-07 21:48:34
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answered by jackbassv 3
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Certainly impractical on the basis of massive fuel cost, but if it could be done, the sun would be good target - seriously.
Garbage as stuff that won;t break down quickly is a nuisance down here, but the sun would instantly convert it into its basic elements, and it would simply join all the other elements in the sun.
Also, it would make neglible difference in mass, even if you dumped a billion tonnes a year. the sun is a number of tonnes with 27 zeroes on the end. At a billion tonnes a year, it would take billions of years to make an appreciable difference in mass of the sun. In fact you could not keep up with the sun's current loss of mass.
You'll appreciate that more by learning that the sun loses mass by 4 million tonnes every second, by radiation. So, we would have no hope of keeping up with that with our solar garbage disposal.
Perfect site, but how to get stuff there cheaply?
2007-02-07 09:21:16
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answered by nick s 6
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In actual fact, if we could get round the problem of the cost of getting the stuff to Mars, it might actually be beneficial in terraforming Mars to make it habitable for humans. Especially the stuff that produces gases for a greenhouse effect to warm the planet. Aren't fluorocarbons used in refrigerators a source of greenhouse gases and a cause of global warming on Earth? I know it sounds like a crazy bit of lateral thinking but your idea of dumping rubbish on other planets just might work to humanity's advantage.
2007-02-07 10:21:04
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answered by Anonymous
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No but I believe that in Hong Kong they're building a whole new island out of the stuff. They intend to live on it too. It won't be stinky because it will have eroded to the point of soil by the time they inhabit it.
They really think ahead and are so resourceful. All we want to do with rubbish is get it out of sight. Such a shame when the population is expanding, the water is rising and we are going to run out of space
2007-02-07 09:15:05
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answered by Anonymous
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It is a completely impractical idea for five reasons.
1) We would need thousands of space shuttles to carry the amount of crap we dump.
2) Time. It would take years to fly to mars.
3) The cost
4) Pollution from the launchsites
5) We would use up whatever fossil fuels we have left pretty quickly.
2007-02-07 09:14:48
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answered by Anonymous
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The key words in your question are "Could they..."
Yes they could.
However, most likely they won't because it is way to expensive
to send anything to another planet, especially things you don't want, like trash/rubbish.
Think about it for a moment... Why throw away perfectly good
plastic and aluminum and steel? You want to throw it away
because it is old and dirty? Hey, a melting pot does not care
if the stuff is old and dirty. Melt it down and re-use it.
Burn, cook, or wash off all the misc coatings and foreign materials to get at the basic material like iron, aluminum, copper, and brass. The food waste gets burned up and goes away as ash.
2007-02-07 14:10:14
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answered by zahbudar 6
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But I like landfills. Don't you hate incinerators? They generate electricity which robs electric companies of massive amounts of money. Keep the garbage in the holes where it does no harm to our economy.
I have to agree with the person below. That is an excelent idea, and it improves our international reputation because it is humanitarian as well. Those countries will benifit from the resources that we think are waste.
2007-02-07 09:17:15
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answered by John Q. Republican 2
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Come on, they've already trashed their own planet in less than 200 yrs since the Industrial Revolution, and you're eager for them to start on another one? Give us a break, there are already satellites and bits of junk left over from the Nasa programmes out there!
2007-02-07 09:04:24
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answered by anna 7
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Yes but it would cost more to send into space than to jsut put it in landfills on Earth.
2007-02-07 09:48:22
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answered by lostonthevoid 2
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no because the rubbish would float around and dumping rubbish on other planets is an inventive, imaginitive idea but not a clever, sensible idea in my opinion
2007-02-07 09:09:35
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answered by Amore vole fe 6
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