CO2 Emissions: One SpaceX rocket flight = 395 one-way transatlantic flights

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Champion Travel found that:

  • The SpaceX Falcon 9 B burns 29,600 gallons (112,184 Kg) of highly refined kerosene
  • 3.0 Kg of CO2 goes into the atmosphere per Kg of Kerosene burned
  • 112,184 Kg x 3 Kg / CO2 = roughly 336,552 Kg of CO2 per Falcon 9 launch

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