system
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human
Why can't we send radioactive waste and other dangerous chemicals into space insted of storing them on earth where they will eventually leak?

Seems like sending them to the moon or just out to drift away from us would be the safest thing to do. Other than the cost is there any reason we can't?
gpt
Other than cost, a disaster would be much worse. Transporting highly radioactive waste can be done with huge, nearly invulnerable casks that can withstand collisions with trains and aircraft without breaching. Launching them into space would involve putting waste into light craft which occasionally fail, exploding and scattering bits all over the place. That would be a horribly bad thing.