Oh! I agree, you just wondered where the Chlorine came from and the Ammonium Perchlorate is a huge source, although miniscule in the grand scheme of things
Strip mine the earth if it means we can do what no other lifeform has done so far and leave the earth as our cradle.
What good will the Earth be to anyone when the sun blows up in 4billion years?
We might as well try to at least colonize space, I don’t see the super intelligent dolphins or elephants building any rockets anytime soon.
If we convert 50% of the asteroid belt into O’neill type space colonies we would have more landmass (in the colonies) with animals and plants than the entire planet earth several times over.
Plus we gain insurance for our species and all other species of earth animals against being wiped out by an asteroid strike, super volcano, real climate change, nuclear warfare, etc....
It just makes sense to colonize space regardless of the short term cost to Earth because we have a responsibility to survive, a responsibility to thrive and to understand the universe itself, for all we know we could be the only species in the universe capable of understanding the nature of the universe itself. We could very well be the universe trying to understand itself, the last thing we need to do is give the Universe a lobotomy by trying to live in harmony with the earth and going extinct when the big one hits.
Yes thank you, I wasn’t aware Chlorine was a product of that reaction.
I just detest the attacks on the space program by the environmentalists. So much technology has come from the space program that has improved environmental efforts.