Moon

Does anyone else think that slamming satellites which have reached the end of their useful life into the moon is nothing less than pollution? I'm disgusted that we (mankind) seem to believe that pollution is acceptable.

[Fallout]

hehehehehehe. I don't know you, but I know you have to be joking! I too felt sorry for the moon people, but apparently their scrap metal business is doing well, and the cheese the ground is made from tastes better with silicon circuitry mix in.

[tigersaw]

Its not like we can bring them home and recycle them

Hey at the end of the day the cheapest and easiest way will win.

Surely letting them crash into the Earth and burn up in the atmosphere would be a more favourable?

Incineration has always been better than land dumps

[Sir Trev]

You're talking about the Ebb and Flow satellites that were orbiting the moon? I can see the argument for deliberately crashing them into a specific place instead of them possibly contaminating somewhere like the Apollo sites. It makes even less sense to have them loaded with extra fuel to bring them quarter of a million miles back to earth for a burn-up re-entry in our atmosphere. Not ideal but seems reasonable as long as it does not start to happen every day.

[Wideboy]

The Apollo sites are in Hollywood though?

Could they not have had them just float off into the great abyss that is space?

[MisterTommyH]

Would need to carry extra fuel to escape the moons gravity once it's settled into orbit.

Originally Posted by EssexDave

Surely letting them crash into the Earth and burn up in the atmosphere would be a more favourable?

Incineration has always been better than land dumps

I think it's what the bits hit on landing that concerns people with that method.