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3 Reasons We Don't Launch Nuclear Waste into Space 🚀

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April 05, 2023

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

A recent YouTube video went viral that discusses 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.

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