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Starship lifts off on third test flight (spacenews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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It did the thing!!

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[–] brianorca@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's mostly steel. Nothing toxic, not even kerosene or solid propellant.

[–] nowwhatnapster@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm sure there are some electronics or materials there that you wouldn't want in a bathtub with you, but I agree with your point. This is literally a drop in the ocean compared to the mass amounts of other pollution sources. Honestly, the diesel the retrieval boats would need to burn to retrieve the debris is probably worse for the environment.