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Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will increase with future missions—but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up (phys.org)

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There's a lot of trash on the moon right now—including nearly 100 bags of human waste—and with countries around the globe traveling to the moon, there's going to be a lot more, both on the lunar surface and in Earth's orbit.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The moon is huge, nothing lives there and it’s unlikely we’ll reach levels of trash visible from earth in the near future. So lunar surface pollution is probably one of the smallest environmental concerns of all time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, 200 tons is pretty much nothing. Humans produce billions of tons every year here on Earth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh boi, the selenites are not going to like this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or the mooninites

[–] canis_majoris 1 points 2 years ago

Imagine getting Kessler syndromed by a frozen piece of shit. What a way to go.