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Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by ceejayoz on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:33PM (#25996071)
Not car-hours, but a Falcon 9 launch apparently has similar impact to a 777 crossing the Atlantic. Not nothing, but surprisingly little all things considered.

https://www.treehugger.com/spacex-launch-puts-out-much-co-fl...

Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by Bedon292 on Monday February 01, 2021 @09:51PM (#25996943)
Difference being the per person emissions. 4 people, vs upwards for 250. But still not nearly as bad as I thought it might be.
Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by ImprovedSilence on Monday February 01, 2021 @11:24PM (#25997415)
per capita, sure. Another way to think about it is this capsule is flying what, twice a year? One 777 will do 2 trips in 24 hrs, 365 days a year. Then add up the thousands of planes doing that a day. I'd be worried if we ALL had a reason (and the means) to take frivolous space flights. Which may come some day out of all this, who knows anymore!?!
Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by rhino369 on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:15PM (#25996402)
Yea that is surprisingly low, if accurate.
Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by ceejayoz on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:22PM (#25996451)
I mean, they're both 200 foot long tubes full of fuel that gets used up by the end of the flight. Only so much carbon you can fit into a set volume.
Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by hulahoof on Monday February 01, 2021 @08:50PM (#25996600)
Agreed, though without considering it as such if someone asked me to compare to an airliner I would have placed it between 10-100x the emissions, and would not have been surprised at more!
Re:The first commercial astronaut mission to orbit Earth abo... by bodhiandphysics on Monday February 01, 2021 @10:00PM (#25997003)
Remember 3/4 of the rocket is just the oxygen for combustion!