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Re:How much do rockets pollute? by DennisP on Saturday March 21, 2020 @07:18AM (#22645797)
I was pretty surprised to see that Starship flying point-to-point is only about twice as bad on emissions per passenger as a 747.
Re:How much do rockets pollute? by mrfusion on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:26AM (#22646684)
Zero drag for 99% of your trip is pretty awesome.
Re:How much do rockets pollute? by mr_toad on Saturday March 21, 2020 @08:06PM (#22651390)
In theory, methane generation, and thus metholox rockets could be made carbon neutral.

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