Comment Re:Atmospheric pollution. (Score 1) 88
I thought it was odd that the emissions and pollutants from rocket launches are not talked about or given measure in general articles to the public. It really seems to undermine the efforts to curb environmental pollution.
It's because they're so small as to be unmeasurable. There are lots of good targets for regulations to reduce CO2 output (and other pollutants), but space travel isn't one of them. Someday that might change, but, for now, the focus needs to be on electricity production, ground transportation, manufacturing, and farming. When those are squared away, then we can talk about things like air and space travel.