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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by dzhiurgis on Thursday June 04, 2020 @05:16AM (#23414377)
Starship gonna run on methane so most likely going to be carbon neutral.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by ovi256 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:39AM (#23415292)
Methane is a fossil fuel, so no way burning it is carbon neutral.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by growlist on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:54AM (#23415418)
It'll be pretty big news if the methane they use to refuel Starship on Mars originates from a fossil source :D
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by gpm on Thursday June 04, 2020 @10:44AM (#23417233)
Elon has discussed using the sabatier process on earth to create methane from CO2 to fuel it. Presumably the motivation would be a mix of PR and practicing for mars.
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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by sonusario on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:12AM (#23415570)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-neutral_fuel

https://static.berkeleyearth.org/memos/fugitive-methane-and-...

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Re:SpaceX Starlink is now its own ASN and present at the Sea... by SEJeff on Thursday June 04, 2020 @11:37AM (#23418048)
ISRU methane fuel for starship is going to be eventually done on earth (and mars) for carbon neutral starship / superheavy launches.

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/201200...

TL;DNR: If you take methane out of the atmosphere and you put it back in the atmosphere, the carbon footprint is neutral.

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