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I question your numbers because New Shepard doesn't use carbon based fuel at all. It's replacement, New Glenn, is the problem here.
by monocasa 5y ago
I question your numbers because New Shepard doesn't use carbon based fuel at all.
It's replacement, New Glenn, is the problem here.
- arcticbull 5y agoI see, I was using this [1] although you are of course right that it's a liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen rocket. While it's not carbon free to obtain those, but the numbers are probably quite a bit lower for New Shepard. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/19/billionaires-space-tourism-environment-emissions https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/19/billionaires...
- whatever1 5y agoHydrogen today is coming mostly as a by product of extraction & refining fossil fuels. https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-resources https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-resources