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It definitely does not include the cost associated with polluting our atmosphere
by juujian 3y ago
It definitely does not include the cost associated with polluting our atmosphere
- Dylan16807 3y agoDid you check any numbers before being so sure? Each launch burns about 120 tons of kerosene for about 360 tons of CO2. If we take this Nature study as accurate, a ton of CO2 has a societal cost of about $185. If we add that all up, it's $70k per launch? Let's round up to $100k per launch. Multiplied by launch count, that's only a few million dollars. They're still at breakeven when you include it.