Shouldn't COMPANIES that pollute send rockets to the sun, not NASA (on our $$), to destroy it?

Question

NASA wants to send a rocket to the sun way up in 2015, and now is working on how they will do it. this research will cost ... how much would you think?

but, it seems more logical to me that since companies all over the world pollute the environment, that THEY should pay for this. since we cannot get the companies around the world to cooperate anyway, our government can require NASA to get their money by calling the payments "pollution credits."

why shouldn't they pay, out of their almighty bottom line, to get their waste, first of all, their TOXIC WASTE, as close to the sun as possible, so that it is burned up?

i don't see why NASA cannot do it now. all they need is a regular rocket, a cheap rocket, with piggyback containers of pollutants. then, they can zip it off towards the sun. bingo! no more waste!

don't you think our companies, that get rich by outsourcing our industry which makes you lose your job, should start to do this immediately?

if you don't, why not?

Answer 1

First, I'm not sure I understand the connection between NASA's intellectual interest in the sun and the environmental interest in getting rid of toxic waste.

Second, if the government required companies to cart off their toxic waste to the sun, well... just imagine the cost. Sending up the shuttle is already ridiculously expensive and it hauls about about 30 tons of payload max. Even cheap unmanned garbage barges would be prohibitively expensive given the number of them you'd need to take all that waste of f earth. No company has the kinda of resources to do that sustainably. Even if they could, they'd just pass that cost along to consumers.

And third, outsourcing might eliminate some jobs here in the US, but it also makes goods cheaper, especially consumer staples. So while 1000 people might lose their jobs to some factory in Vietnam, it means everyone saves on shirts at Target. Ultimately, that's better for our economy.