[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
'Pollution' in space must also be looked at very carefully. Sure, space is ridiculously big, but Earth orbit isn't, and the planet's resources are also finite. We need to get off on the right foot and get ppl in the right habits from the start.

You mean like dumping it in a designated crater on the far side of the moon? Gravity will hold much of it in (may need containers for some things to prevent them from boiling off and landing in Earth's atmosphere); the whole thing's uninhabited (at the moment), so it won't disturb any current resident's view (and the dump could be made to pre-date any immigrants); there is no native life that can be threatened by anything that manages to escape the containers in a spill; it's a lot easier to put something in a crater on the moon than it is to drop it into the sun or send it out of the solar system; if push comes to shove, it can be retrieved (barring an unlucky impact); and if it fills up, well, there are lots & lots of craters on that side of the moon....