Causes Credit: Kesu01/BigStock Photo ID: 315632281 The new space race is causing new pollution problems Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org Soot from rockets has 500X the climate impact as airplanes Air pollutants released by rocket launches, re-entry, and space debris have a disproportionate effect on global warming, according to a new study.
