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Scrapple_Joe t1_jdy56n5 wrote

Reply to comment by Postnificent in Why don’t we use Venus as a dumpster? by Postnificent

I think you might want to learn a bit more about physics. It's much easier and cheaper to burn up space trash in the atmosphere.

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Postnificent OP t1_jdy5ak0 wrote

Except it doesn’t always all burn up and it pollutes when it burns…

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Scrapple_Joe t1_jdy63hx wrote

90% of space trash isn't large enough to have to worry about not burning up and it'll pollute less than making the energy required to send something to Venus.

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