Environmental concerns grow as space tourism lifts off Today 05:26 am JST Today | 07:15 am JST WASHINGTON
After years of waiting, Richard Branson s journey to space this month on a Virgin Galactic vessel was supposed to be a triumphant homecoming. Instead, the jaunt attracted significant criticism about its carbon footprint.
With Jeff Bezos set to launch on a Blue Origin rocket on July 20, and Elon Musk s SpaceX planning an all-civilian orbital mission in September, the nascent space tourism industry finds itself facing tough questions about its environmental impact.
Right now, rocket launches as a whole don t happen often enough to pollute significantly.
Tourisme spatial : pollution à l horizon ?
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Environmental concerns grow as space tourism lifts off AFP 4 hrs ago AFP © Patrick T. FALLON Virgin Galactic s SpaceShipTwo uses a type of synthetic rubber as fuel and burns it in nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas
After years of waiting, Richard Branson s journey to space this month on a Virgin Galactic vessel was supposed to be a triumphant homecoming. Instead, the jaunt attracted significant criticism about its carbon footprint.
With Jeff Bezos set to launch on a Blue Origin rocket on July 20, and Elon Musk s SpaceX planning an all-civilian orbital mission in September, the nascent space tourism industry finds itself facing tough questions about its environmental impact.
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