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Two astronauts successfully left the earths atmosphere to dock with the international space station on a semi re-usable rocket. This was clearly an incredible achievement and returned the USA to the forefront of space travel. In addition this significant step moves us closer to manned flights to mars which I believe will very likely happen within the next decade. I have pulled together various numbers from across the internet to try and get a feel for the number - my calculations are below so feel free to challenge the underlying logic. The total carbon footprint from the Kerosene and Oxygen is around 1115 Tones. The annual carbon footprint of 278 average world citizens. In all honesty I would have expected it to be far greater. There is an opportunity for the oxygen to be made using zero carbon electricity - but given no-one is shouting about it I doubt this is happening (I would happily be corrected!). I have struggled to find data on this. to be. one.
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