8 Reasons Why Sending Earth’s Trash to Jupiter Might Be a Terrible Idea

3. We’d Risk Spreading Earth’s Bacteria Across the Solar System


One major concern would be the contamination of space. Even if we planned to destroy the trash in Jupiter’s atmosphere, we could still end up spreading Earth bacteria to other planets along the way.

This could threaten possible extraterrestrial life forms or disrupt alien ecosystems we have not discovered yet.


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