The potent pollution from so-called “megaconstellation” satellite systems launched en masse into space since 2019 will account for nearly half (42%) of the total climate impact of space sector pollution by the end of the decade, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
  • Thorry@feddit.orgEnglish
    5 days

    Humans have a habit of doing shit that produces graphs like this and finding out what happens:

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      4 days

      SpaceX being the root cause of this being so extreme? Ya don’t say

  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 days

    Pretty well written article, but it doesn’t seem to talk about the health concerns of aluminum aerosols from the disintegrated satellites, instead focusing on the potential climate cooling effects.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5 days

    They really needed to include a paragraph about the expected effects of Starship. It may not be ready yet, but that’s in our near future, with a lot more launches.

    If one of their concerns was soot from burning kerosene like SpaceX Falcon, what difference does methane make? They mentioned Blue Origin, it if that is hydrogen, what difference does that make compared to methane?

    It would also have been useful to clearly distinguish affects from launches vs satellites, since that may direct possible strategies