• xkforce@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you think space junk is a major contributor to that instead of every landfill on the planet I have some water front property in the desert to sell you.

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      1 year ago

      If we think of the 8000 tons on orbit, how much fuel did it take to get that there? How many rockets did it take? How many rockets just got dumped in the ocean? How much hydrazine did those contain? How much support equipment is involved in producing those rockets? How much raw materials? What happens when exhaust gets injected into the upper atmosphere? Is it the same as car exhaust on the surface? What happens when you burn epoxy and carbon fiber up there? What happens in a RUD and thousands of pounds of rocket fuel gets released?

      If you think the space industry improves our environment, I wonder if you could spare some room up your ass for my head too. It’s easier living in the dark, I’d like to give it a shot.