• Morphit @feddit.uk
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    5 days ago

    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.

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      5 days ago

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

      • Morphit @feddit.uk
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        5 days 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?