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How much carbon emission does one trip to space generate (I have no idea)?

• lmm 12y ago
  In a hydrogen-burning rocket, zero (at least directly). (SpaceX has some sort of plastic-fuelled hybrid rocket though).
  • ceejayoz 12y ago
    Virgin uses the plastic hybrid, not SpaceX.
• icebraining 12y ago
  "The company says that SpaceShipTwo has shorter rocket burns and is debris free, with CO2 emissions per passenger will be equivalent to approximately 60-percent of a per-passenger New York-London roundtrip."
• brent_noorda 12y ago
  About a half billion pounds per passenger. Whatever liquid fuel is actually in the rocket, it is produced via hydrocarbon.