Comments on: Suborbital spaceflight and the emissions myth http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Personal Spaceflight » The emissions myth returns http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-191724 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:01:27 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-191724 […] perceived deleterious effects on the environment by suborbital spaceflights have been brought up; an editorial from a New Hampshire newspaper made similar statements in July. Der Spiegel makes no attempt to quantify how big an “enormous” carbon footprint is […]

]]> By: Personal Spaceflight » UK space policy and space tourism http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-179648 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:21:23 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-179648 […] of course. The report also deals with the potential environmental impact of space tourism (previously discussed here), offering the views of both those who think emissions from suborbital spacecraft is a major […]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-177358 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:51:02 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-177358 Suborbital spaceflight and the emissions myth…

Space tourism companies say their vehicles will have a negligible impact on the environment….

]]> By: Ed http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-177246 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:52:16 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-177246 “Couldn’t the Telegraph’s editors reached that same conclusion with just a modest amount of research? Just wondering.”

The problem with these guys is that, they don’t do the research…they just asume the worst and cry foul.

]]> By: Ed http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-177244 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:48:47 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-177244 The Envirofacists strike again!

]]> By: Peter Shearer http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-177231 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:04:02 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-177231 I agree with you Michael!!! Does this journalist drive an electric car to help off-set harmful emissions?

“…scientific rockets hopefully will benefit humankind.” Yes, but isn’t the benefit of rockets the actual human spaceflight? Isn’t the benefit going to be sending humans into space so we can see it, experience it and colonize it?

Just Wondering!

]]> By: michael laine http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-177053 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:32 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/07/07/suborbital-spaceflight-and-the-emissions-myth/#comment-177053 It might also be worth noting that both Musk, and Branson have significant investments into clean energy sectors. They, amoung other “fat cats with money to spare” are in the vanguard of the fight to develop a better, cleaner, renewable and sustainable energy plan – for the planet.

So, I am curious what the writer/editor is doing to help? Is he even recycling? Branson and Musk have put their money where their vision is. I suspect that the good that these 2 do, will more than offset their minor emissions. I am ‘just wondering’ how many trees the writer/editor has planted, to offset the paper and energy consumed by his newspapers need for trees, gas to deliver the finished product or even the energy it took to run the presses. I doubt he is any position to bitch.

MOST people i know in the ‘space-biz’ have a fundamental concern over the future of the planet – that is why they got involved with space in the first place.

take care. mjl

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