Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?

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Here in the Kurzgesagt labs we test very important ideas to see what happens when you blow things up or play with black holes. Many of you suggested that we look into an idea that sounds reasonable: Shooting nuclear waste into space. It is one of those concepts that seems like an easy fix for one of the main problems with nuclear energy. But it turns out this idea is not just bad but horribly bad and it gets worse the longer you think about it.

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A Falcon Heavy costs $97M per launch. Its payload capacity is 140, 660 pounds so that is $690 per pound. That is the cheapest of anyone I am aware of. However, Starship will be cheap once it is in service. They have quoted it as $200 per kilogram or $91 per pound. That implies a price of $30M per launch with a payload capacity of 150 metric tons (330, 000 lbs).

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