How We’ll Mess Up The Environment on the Moon

Turns out it’s possible to pollute outer space, too

Clive Thompson

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A footprint of a space suit on lunar soil
Photo by NASA on Unsplash

If you’re an old-school space-travel nerd like me, the prospect of humans going back to the moon (and beyoooonnnnd) is thrilling. I was in elementary school in the 70s, when children’s books rang with praise over NASA’s Apollo missions.

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Clive Thompson

I write 2X a week on tech, science, culture — and how those collide. Writer at NYT mag/Wired; author, “Coders”. @clive@saturation.social clive@clivethompson.net