When rockets go wrong – protecting the environment from catastrophe ^33.8%

BBC - By Richard Hollingham - 5/29/2026, 9:49 PM

Negativity Bias 23.4% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 15.6% - Optimism Bias 14.7%

Space launches are increasing and the rockets are getting bigger. But there can be some major environmental costs when things don't go to plan. When SpaceX's Starship slowly hauled itself off the launchpad and into the Texas skies on 20 April 2023, few people expected the maiden flight of the world's most powerful rocket to last as long... more