THERE’S POO ON THE MOON
Littering is something we all try not to do. There’s always a bin nearby for us to dispose of our rubbish. But the astronauts on the 6 Apollo moon landing missions did not have this luxury. Because the astronauts aboard those landers collected large amounts of moon rocks to return to Earth, the extra weight had to be offset by leaving some things behind on the moon so the landers could lift off.
This discarded junk included, among other things, 2 golf balls, 12 cameras, 12 pairs of boots, 1 gold-plated telescope and almost 100 bags of human waste. This means that right now there are bags of poo on the surface of the moon. And lots of them!
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