Virgin Galactic are one of many companies pushing forward with commercial spaceflight — but at what cost to the environment?Photo: Mike MillsClimate change caused by black carbon, also known as soot, emitted during a decade of commercial space flight would be comparable to that from current global aviation, researchers estimate.
The findings, reported in a paper in press inGeophysical Research Letters1, suggest that emissions from 1,000 private rocket launches a year would persist high in the stratosphere, potentially altering global atmospheric circulation and distributions of ozone. The simulations show that the changes to Earth's climate could increase pola
No comments:
Post a Comment