Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm
by giomasce on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:25AM
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If you can extract methane from the atmosphere at scale you don't need rockets to solve the carbon problem.
Re:Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm
by ravel-bar-foo on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @03:25AM
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The idea would be to synthesize methane from the CO2 in the atmosphere of Mars, which isn't quite as hard as on Earth: CO2 falls as snow near the poles there.
Also, the point of Starlink is to fund SpaceX's goal of a methane rocket. Methane was chosen because it can be generated from atmospheric gases and solar power. The logistics around scaling it up remain to be solved, but once it is solved, rocket launches will be basically zero carbon.