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minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThe atmosphere is made of rocket oxidizer, not fuel. Fuel would be something that reacts with oxygen: Hydrogen, Methane, etc.
minus-squareLux@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoFrom the pov of an organism in a high-oxygen atmosphere, thats true. But on a planet with little to no oxygen in the atmosphere, it would have to be added separately, the same way we add fuel
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat doesn’t change the chemistry.
The atmosphere is made of rocket oxidizer, not fuel. Fuel would be something that reacts with oxygen: Hydrogen, Methane, etc.
From the pov of an organism in a high-oxygen atmosphere, thats true. But on a planet with little to no oxygen in the atmosphere, it would have to be added separately, the same way we add fuel
That doesn’t change the chemistry.