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20,000 launches is 11 Starship launches a day for 5 years It's an unsustainable rate and even if we do get to that rate it'll wreck the planet
by youngtaff 4mo ago
20,000 launches is 11 Starship launches a day for 5 years
It's an unsustainable rate and even if we do get to that rate it'll wreck the planet
- pfdietz 4mo agoWhy is that unsustainable? You need to present an argument that is more than just "large number! wave hands!" It's just like the arguments used by anti-renewable energy forces here on Earth. "Large number (of PV modules and wind turbines and batteries)! Unpossible!" And no, that launch rate does not "wreck the planet".
- youngtaff 3mo ago> And no, that launch rate does not "wreck the planet". What's the impact of the atmospheric pollution from both launches and the burn of space craft and satellite's burning up on re-rentry?
- pfdietz 3mo agoThe most significant limitation on Starship launches is from injection of water into the stratosphere and mesosphere, but 20,000 launches is far away from that limit.