After decades of dreams, a commercial spaceplane is almost ready to fly::“Plunging into the ocean is awful. Landing on a runway is really nice."

  • mriguy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s hard to imagine that a spaceplane would have a larger environmental impact than a rocket. Since we are going to continue sending things to space, a spaceplane would have a positive impact on climate change.

    • CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s still launched by a rocket. The plane part is only for landing. Whether this will actually work or be more efficient than ablative re entry remains to be seen.

      Cheaper satellites are a good thing environmentally though, as it will be how any emission controls will be monitored.