what about that van allen radiation belt? thank you very much. >> okay. for listeners that might not know what the van allen belt s it's a belt of captured radiation that surrounds the earth, discovered by this space scientist tim van allen back in the late 1950s. you would not want to put an orbiting station in the van allen belt because that would be unhealthy for anybody that was aboard, and we don't do that, but transiting the van allen belt on the way outward from the earth you are not exposed to the radiation for long enough for it to have any negative effects. the negative effects from space radiation are much more from cosmic rays that can act like kind of radiation bullets on astronauts, which is a very serious worry for long journeys, months' long journeys out to mars, not so much for three-day journeys to the moon. >> john, we have a question from one of our social media followers for you. and they want to know what is the extent of the carbon footprint from these additional space launches? are they significant contributors to global warming? >

what about that van allen radiation belt? thank you very much.ohn: from this news you may not know what the van allen belt he is, it is a belt of captured radiation that surrounds the earth. it was discovered by the space scientists van allen in the late 1950's. you would not want to put an orbiting station in the van allen belts because that would be unhealthy for anybody aboard, and we don't do that. but passing the van allen belt on the way outward from earth, you are not exposed to radiation for long enough to have it have any effect. the negative effects from space radiation are much more from cosmic rays that can act like radiation bullets on astronauts, which is a very serious worry for long journeys out to mars. not so much for three-day journeys to the moon. jesse: we have a question from one of our social media followers. they want to know, what is the extent of the carbon footprint from these additional space launches? are they significant contributors to global warming? john: that is a good question. at this point, we are only talking

as discovered by a scientist in the late 19 fifties named van allen. you not want to put an orbiting satellite in the van allen belt, that will be beyond healthy for anybody. and we do not do that. but transiting the van allen belt on the way outward from the earth, the exposure is not long enough for you to have any negative effects. negative effects from space radiation is much more from cosmic rays, that can act like radiation bullets on astronauts. which is a very serious worry for a long journey, a tense long journey out to mars. not so much for three day journeys to the moon. >> john, we have a question from one of our social media followers for you. and they want to know, what is the extent of the carbon footprint from these additional space launches? are they significant contributors to global warming? >> that has been questioned, it is a good question. at this point, we are only talking about and he launches a year. i think that oregon said that they were planning to launch is this year, on the virgin galactic schedule. i don't think it's been

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