1OptimisticPrime t1_jdxywxy wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:28 AM

We don't want to contaminate it.

The cost of getting anything into space is massively prohibitive.

dark_walker t1_jdxz8bh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:30 AM

He's talking space trash. It's already there.

EarthSolar t1_jdxzs7l wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:34 AM

Good luck launching something up there to tow the junk all the way to Venus. The junk does not have its own propulsion system, and most definitely not enough to dish 4 km/s needed to leave Earth’s orbit and intercept Venus.

Why add prohibitive amount of fuel just to send the junk to some distant destination when you can just get functional satellites to, like, do controlled deorbit over uninhabited areas and let atmospheric entry destroy them.

Postnificent OP t1_jdy05l7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:37 AM

Not wanting to contaminate a poisonous wasteland is the reason behind ideas like “scientists have lied about Venus atmosphere”. We can’t send a probe there for 60 seconds yet do not want to contaminate it.

VoraciousCoprophage t1_jdycge6 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:09 AM

I mean to be fair 'scientists have lied about Venus atmosphere' is about as good of an idea as 'we should send space trash to Venus'...