Connor Barker
@connorbarker.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Atmospheric Chemistry at UCL.
Coding in Python and GEOS-Chem to study atmospheric pollution. PhD at Royal Holloway. MChem at University of Manchester.
Coding in Python and GEOS-Chem to study atmospheric pollution. PhD at Royal Holloway. MChem at University of Manchester.
Yesterday, the latest Starship launch failed, breaking up over the Caribbean. This event released around 45500 kg of aluminium oxide and 40000 kg of reactive nitrogen into the upper atmosphere.
This is around 35% of the annual amount of aluminium that enters the atmosphere from meteors annually!
This is around 35% of the annual amount of aluminium that enters the atmosphere from meteors annually!
January 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yesterday, the latest Starship launch failed, breaking up over the Caribbean. This event released around 45500 kg of aluminium oxide and 40000 kg of reactive nitrogen into the upper atmosphere.
This is around 35% of the annual amount of aluminium that enters the atmosphere from meteors annually!
This is around 35% of the annual amount of aluminium that enters the atmosphere from meteors annually!
Another plug for our new online resource of mapped and quantified emissions from rocket launches (maraisresearchgroup.co.uk/launch_emis....) and artificial object re-entries (maraisresearchgroup.co.uk/reentry_emis...) in 2020-2022. We are now working on providing near real-time emission estimates!
January 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Another plug for our new online resource of mapped and quantified emissions from rocket launches (maraisresearchgroup.co.uk/launch_emis....) and artificial object re-entries (maraisresearchgroup.co.uk/reentry_emis...) in 2020-2022. We are now working on providing near real-time emission estimates!