3 Reasons Why We Don’t Launch Nuclear Waste into Space

A viral YouTube video recently discussed the age-old question “why don’t we shoot nuclear waste into space?”

It’s a topic we often get asked about on social media.

While the educational video’s cartoonish depictions of nuclear waste as glowing green ooze made some of our subject matter experts cringe, it’s clear that the content creators did their homework.

Here are the three key reasons why the Kurzgesagt YouTube channel says it’s just not feasible to launch our nuclear waste into space.