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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

oh they'll be way past the upper atmosphere when transferring fuel

[–] [email protected] -1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Enough that it decomposes before reaching the lower atmosphere?

Spaceflight has to be a miniscule amount of pollution compared to the rest of human activity but it is important to understand what weird effects there might be of introducing it at different altitudes. Though starship could well enable some clean up of LEO, which would be nice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

my point was that there is a high chance it just won't ever reach that part of the atmosphere

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Why not? Where does it end up? I was asking if it decomposes into hydrogen and carbon dioxide due to UV exposure or something. Is that what you're saying?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except for that whole 'atmosphere extends 100,000 miles past the moon' bit that was recently acknowledged, but I do get what you mean. ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

yeah well good luck trying to draw a definitive boundary for any phenomenon and you'll realize shit get complicated fast