The carbon footprint of space exploration- its not as high as you think

There has been much made of the idea that given our need to cut carbon emissions, space flight should go out of the window.

However, would you be surprised to hear that a SpaceX rocket emissions is roughly equivalent to 1 large jet crossing the Atlantic. Given that last year there was an average of roughly 1700 transatlantic flights each day in 2018, that is actually a relatively small amount.

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