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Success Richard Branson darting into space with his Virgin Galactic plane was welcomed by many people because it was considered to open a new era of tourism space. Moreover, on July 20, the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos will also do it.
Bezos will use the plane made by Blue Origin, the company he owns. With this development, it’s not long before ordinary people can go into space as long as they can afford a ticket. However, there is an impact that is considered less good.
Quoted detikINET from CNN, the first impact is environmental issues. Virgin Galactic claims carbon emissions in sub-orbital flights are similar to those of long-haul business aircraft.
“But space flights carry far fewer passengers. Each passenger, per kilometer, on a journey of more than 160 kilometers to the edge of space, consumes 12 kilograms of CO2,” CNN said.
Meanwhile, Blue Origin tries to be environmentally friendly with a liquid oxygen engine that does not emit emissions. However, the production of hydrogen fuel is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels such as natural gas. The process also releases carbon dioxide.
Ticket costs are also very expensive USD 250 thousand per person one way with Virgin Galactic. With such a high fare, passengers only experience about 5 minutes in space, an experience far from a real astronaut that can last for hours and days.
On the other hand, there are many problems in the world such as climate change and economic inequality. Both Richard Branson, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos are considered to be able to contribute greatly to overcome this if the three of them work together, not only thinking about space tourism.
But of course there is an argument that what is done Richard Branson, Bezos and Musk are important to continue innovation in space.
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