
H.I. 95: Break Glass in Case of Emergency
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Is Space a Good Place to Dispose Unwanted Things?
If we came up with a propulsion system that was economical and we could just blast things into space, but you couldn't go for the sun, you just had to aim out of the solar system. I would still say though, like putting the potential destruction of the human species aside, I would be okay with it because space is just so empty. It's almost functionally like throwing it into a black hole. You don't see it as this last pure expanse that hasn't been sullied by McDonald's rappers. So space as garbage disposal, I would say let's not do that on practical grounds.
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