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How do rockets eliminate car traffic at the destination? Every proposal for rocket transport I have seen basically puts an airport outside of town, so the traf
by mulmen 5y ago
How do rockets eliminate car traffic at the destination? Every proposal for rocket transport I have seen basically puts an airport outside of town, so the traffic is a wash, no?
- jedberg 5y agoWhen I arrive in space I don't need a car to get around, and even if I did, the pollution wouldn't affect the Earth. :)
- mulmen 5y agoOhh, ha! I thought you meant replacing flights directly to Earth destinations. So instead of taking a 787 from Seattle to Taipei I would take a Starship. Yes, there are environmental benefits to putting the actual destination in space, I hadn’t really considered that.