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    Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Did anyone else read that guy's name as "Hwhill HWhitehorn"?
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Upsidasium.
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Do these people take us for fools? They can try to use biofuels "wherever" possible" but the unalterable fact is that it costs some $20k to get a kilogram into low earth orbit. There's nothing in this puffery that would alter that equation significantly. Space travel is by its very nature incredibly energy-intensive. It might still be worth it. But people shouldn't pretend there's a green option.
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    I hate to admit it, but it's becoming more and more obvious that advancement in space flight is going to have to come from the private sector. Gods forbid that NASA should do something fucking useful.
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    05/19/09

    @Aidan_:


    That's a awful lot of faith in a company that calls itself "Virgin Galactic" when their only space vehicle, which hasn't even gone on test flight yet, is barely suborbital.

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    05/19/09

    @corpore-metal: but it's so pretty, LOOK SHINEY PLANE!!!!
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    Image of James Strocel James Strocel
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Even better, build a 100 mile-long rail gun in Siberia. You wouldn't get many emissions from that one.
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    05/19/09

    @James Strocel: But wouldn't it be hysterical if construction in Siberia further increased the release of methane in the tundra permafrost?
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Huh? How is one going to get up into space without the use of extremely hazardous materials aka rocket fuel that is full of stuff like Chlorine and Benzene?


    Unless someone can manufacture pixie dust, then I say bullshit.

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    05/19/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Trebuchet
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    05/19/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I don't see how Microsoft's cheesy sans serif font would help but hey, you're the expert
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    05/19/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Well, the notion of doing it greener doesn't imply NOT using hazardous chemicals, but perhaps LESS of them. For example, lighter ship frames using composite materials and more aerodynamic craft designs could reduce the amount of fuel required to get a ship in orbit.


    In the end it really comes down to weight as far as how much propellant is used, right?

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