Comments on: Virgin Galactic Space Tourism Flights To Start Next Year — But What’s The Environmental Cost? http://inhabitat.com/virgin-galactic-space-tourism-flights-to-start-next-year-but-whats-the-environmental-cost/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mellisa Turner http://inhabitat.com/virgin-galactic-space-tourism-flights-to-start-next-year-but-whats-the-environmental-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-389620 Mellisa Turner Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:13:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=411100#comment-389620 Space tourism is certainly an ingenious idea. Earlier it was thought that space travel could only be possible in science fiction. But now with considerable improvement in science and technology, space travel has become a reality. But many environment conversationalists are raising their concerns regarding the environmental hazards like increased pollution and global warming which might be caused by space travels. If their concerns are true then other earthly tourism avenues should be given more preferred. Though space travel does not have any alternatives, but the safety of the planet is of prime importance. Space tourism is certainly an ingenious idea. Earlier it was thought that space travel could only be possible in science fiction. But now with considerable improvement in science and technology, space travel has become a reality. But many environment conversationalists are raising their concerns regarding the environmental hazards like increased pollution and global warming which might be caused by space travels. If their concerns are true then other earthly tourism avenues should be given more preferred.
Though space travel does not have any alternatives, but the safety of the planet is of prime importance.

]]> By: EddieA http://inhabitat.com/virgin-galactic-space-tourism-flights-to-start-next-year-but-whats-the-environmental-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-388988 EddieA Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:23:38 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=411100#comment-388988 The environmental impact of space travel is HORRIBLE. No company or agency has ever taken responsibility for production of their own renewable energy. Virgin Galactic should have planned from the start to use hydrogen and oxygen, and generate their own cryogenic hydrogen & oxygen using the electricity from solar panels or mills. Sure, hydrogen & oxygen are hard to handle. But they have been extensively used as fuel in previous space vehicles, so the knowledge of how to safely handle & use them is already there. The environmental impact of space travel is HORRIBLE. No company or agency has ever taken responsibility for production of their own renewable energy. Virgin Galactic should have planned from the start to use hydrogen and oxygen, and generate their own cryogenic hydrogen & oxygen using the electricity from solar panels or mills.

Sure, hydrogen & oxygen are hard to handle. But they have been extensively used as fuel in previous space vehicles, so the knowledge of how to safely handle & use them is already there.

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