Would honestly not mind if ghouls elected to send their ashes into the void so we don’t have to share this planet with them anymore but then again less capitalist graves to defile via piss

  • fox [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    It's just sending up ashes that'll deorbit in a few years. Really stupid use of rocket capacity but so are most satellites.

      • dontsink [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Many propellant types are finite, often some of the better performing ones. Though we can and have made rockets entirely powered by liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen fuels. We can get both components from water electrolysis, and when mixed and burned to power a rocket, release water as a reaction product.

        It's not unconceivable to power a hydrolysis plant and cool the fuels down to liquid form entirely using solar energy. The water produced by the rocket eventually returns back to earth (unless the rocket is far enough away).

        • ToastGhost [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          even if we lose some of the water to long distance missions, earth is constantly gaining new material from micrometeorites and dust

            • ToastGhost [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              about 40 tons of various materials each day, i would assume at least some of that is ice or water vapor

              • Awoo [she/her]
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                2 years ago

                Huh, that's a lot more than I expected.