• idiomaddict@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    There’s a chance that the aluminum residue from hundreds of annual rocket launches will destroy the ozone layer, without which the earth will lose its atmosphere relatively quickly.

    *the aluminum is from all of our satellites burning up on reentry, which makes way more sense.

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      8 months ago

      will destroy the ozone layer, without which the earth will lose its atmosphere relatively quickly.

      What?

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        8 months ago

        The aluminum and other metals in the space crafts bond with the ozone, which could fuck with our magnetosphere. It turns out it’s mostly from satellites burning up on reentry, which makes way more sense though.