How much did SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 explosion pollute the atmosphere?

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The rapid unscheduled disassembly of SpaceX's Starship mega rocket may have released significant amounts of harmful air-pollution into the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.

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[jmurtari]

How about some serious SPACE news and not scare mongering. Perhaps this writer should work for an environmentalist journal? Think about what might have been said when the first cars and the internal combustion engine were developed -- we might be riding horses today.

The pollutants could thwart the recovery of the planet's ozone layer, worsening the damage caused by ozone-depleting substances used in aerosol sprays and refrigerators in the past. The air pollution from incinerated satellites could also change how much heat the Earth's atmosphere retains, leading to possibly serious consequences on the planet's climate.