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How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?

Everyday Astronaut · 1.3M views · 2020-03-20 · 55:46

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Overview

Everyday Astronaut's Tim Dodd runs an hour-long, data-driven analysis of what rockets actually emit and how that compares with airliners and other industries. It breaks down exhaust by propellant type, per-passenger and total emissions, and ways launches could be cleaner.

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HN commenters cite it whenever rocket launch pollution comes up as a rebuttal to alarm, since it shows launches are small next to other sources.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2020–2023

Topics

Space exploration & spaceflightEnvironment, agriculture & food systemsClimate science & climate change
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rocket pollutionspacexco2 emissionsairliners comparisonenvironmental impact

What people said

systemvoltage · 2021-07 · Strong recommendation

Everyday Astronaut did an hour long video on "How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?": [VIDEO] I highly recommend to everyone who is concerned about this. The knee-jerk reaction needs to be toned down a little bit, we need to look at the data first.

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manuelmoreale · 2023-10 · Recommendation

Relevant video that goes quite deep into the topic if you’re actually concerned about rocket pollution: [VIDEO]

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manuelmoreale · 2021-09 · Recommendation

If you really are interested in the answer to your question about pollution this is a good video to watch [VIDEO]

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