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How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?

Everyday Astronaut's Tim Dodd runs an hour-long, data-driven analysis of what rockets actually emit and how that compares with airliners and other industries. It breaks down exhaust by propellant type, per-passenger and total emissions, and ways launches could be cleaner.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters cite it whenever rocket launch pollution comes up as a rebuttal to alarm, since it shows launches are small next to other sources.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Everyday Astronaut
Topic
rocket launch emissions
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
6
HN mentions in dataset
9
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Everyday Astronaut did an hour long video on "How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?": [VIDEO] I highly recommend to everyone who is concerned about this. The knee-jerk reaction needs to be toned down a little bit, we need to look …

    systemvoltage on Hacker News · 2021-07
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  • Everyday Astronaut on YouTube has a great video on the environmental impact of rockets. 55 minutes long but it's fascinating. The TL;DW is they're not as bad as you'd expect. But not zero-emissions, obviously. [VIDEO]

    KuiN on Hacker News · 2020-06
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  • Great video here about this: [VIDEO] The summary is that yes they pollute a lot for what they are, but compared to almost any other major polluting industry (travel, freight, construction, etc) it's barely anything and won't be much of a problem for a long …

    danpalmer on Hacker News · 2021-02
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