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    I mean, if it is hydrogen powered, should the hydrogen be sourced by clean methods, then the only byproduct is water. Net zero

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      Hydrogen is not sustainable while electric power could be used for other things. Only when there is a massive excess of renewables(+Batteries) this becomes remotely viable.

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        You can’t exactly use electricity directly to power a rocket, and fuel represents such a small cost compared to everything else that governments can afford the dedicated production.

        Honestly though, the spacecraft themselves are such a tiny emitter compared to things like manufacturing, transport, and electrical generation that they can basically be ignored untill we have basically eliminated thouse emissions.

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            Ion and Hall effect thrusters have high efficiencies, but absurdly small thrusts. They work in situations where you can burn for months on end to get the same change in velocity a few minutes worth of a chemical rocket, but would never be able to lift even their own weight off earth.

            I also don’t the think that you can even get one to function as deep into the atmosphere as ground level as the would just ark across the potential instead.

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      Main rocket is H2 and lox but the strap on boosters would be spewing a lot of carbon. Aren’t rocket launches a pretty small contribution to overall carbon output though?

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      the rocket is just a meme anyway, Stroll is taking like a gazillion private jets while pretending his company cares about the environment

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      4 months ago

      thanks! i got it to work in the post content but not the “image section.” any tips?

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          4 months ago

          just did that, it doesn’t appear for me? i’ll leave it up a bit maybe.

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              4 months ago

              ok imma change it back bc it doesnt load at all in voyager or web. thanks yall for help

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                4 months ago

                Odd, created my own post: wouldn’t load in Voyager iOS (failed to load message), wouldn’t play on web. 🤷‍♂️

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    4 months ago

    In comments gifs work… I guess I assumed wrong to think they would work on posts.

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      interesting thank u