Do you believe the Space Missions contribute to global warming?

Answer 1

No...other then the emission given off at time of take off there are no further connections between space travel and global warming...good thought though

Answer 2

No

As previously mentioned the emissions from space missions contribute very little towards any enviromental damage in the grand scheme of things.

However the benefits and information we have learned from space missions has been invaluable. Think about all the things we wouldn't have if we didn't have space missions. For one thing there wouldn't be any satellites to watch the weather or provide communication or GPS. Those 3 things alone would set the world back a long ways.

We wouldn't even know about the Ozone layer without space missions.

Answer 3

There are not enough of them to make any difference. There are only 2 or 3 shuttle launches a year and only about one space launch of any kind per week. If there were only one airline flight per week world wide or one car driving once a week in the world, we would have no global warming at all.

Answer 4

yes, but not very much, the data obtained from space missions out weighs environmental impacts of space flight.

solid rocket boosters emit gaseous HCl (hydrochloric acid) which is a ghg, but it doesn't stay in the atmosphere very long, but it contributes to acid rain. Obvouisly the manufacturing of rockets and material release ghg's

Answer 5

The construction of rockets and vehicles will have a carbon footprint likewise the production of rocket fuels. In the case of hydrogen which is usually produced from natural gas with CO2 as a waste product, this will be quite large.

Answer 6

Apparently everything does.

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

No