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		DennisP on March 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How much do rockets pollute? 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.

mrfusion on March 21, 2020 | [–]

Zero drag for 99% of your trip is pretty awesome.

mr_toad on March 22, 2020 | [–]

In theory, methane generation, and thus metholox rockets could be made carbon neutral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction

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