A large amount of “garbage“Exists.
The overseas YouTube channel “What If” explains how much it costs and risks to put the garbage on a rocket and fly it into space.
*Category：technology Technology｜*Source：What If ,wikipedia
What is the cost of flying all the trash on Earth into space?
There is always a day to come every week. It’s “garbage day”. Many people want to put their trash out of sight or in a place they don’t care about.
However, as a result, the earth is flooded with a lot of garbage, which is increasing.
One of the ways to control the increase of garbage on the earth is to put all the garbage on a rocket and fly it into the “space”.
Mankind has been flying rockets since the 1950s, making it easier than it used to be. And it should be possible to release garbage into space.
But that’s not an easy story.
That’s because it takes millions of rockets to launch each year to get the Earth’s trash into space. And it also costs astronomical costs.
Even if it goes according to plan, it may damage the global environment and hinder future space travel.
Since the beginning of the Space Age, 5,038 rockets have been launched into space.
As a result, humankind has succeeded in sending the spacecraft to Neptune. And in 2018, NASA is also sending a spacecraft to the course to the outer atmosphere of the Sun.
So, in theory, the solar system is a place we are free to use.
The Ariane 5 rocket has a carrying capacity of up to 7,000 kg and can carry a large amount of debris to a stable point in Earth’s orbit.
And this launch can be realized at a cost of about 200 million dollars (about 25 billion yen).
However, since 1.2 trillion kg of garbage is generated in the world every year, it is necessary to launch about 168 million Ariane 5s every year in order to make the earth free of garbage.
The cost of the launch is 33 trillion dollars (about 4,000 trillion yen) annually.
To generate this cost, humanity needs to save a lot. This is because the world’s GDP is only 77 trillion dollars (about 9,800 trillion yen).
And not only the funds but also the equipment is lacking.
