Energy & Science
Musk Wants SpaceX to Turn CO2 From Atmosphere Into Rocket Fuel
- Billionaire’s plan would rely on untested carbon-removal tech
- Announcement follows Time naming Musk Person of the Year
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Billionaire Elon Musk is pushing ahead with an attempt to utilize emissions contributing to climate change, tweeting that his rocket company will launch a program to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to power spacecraft.
The chairman and chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Musk announced the project on Dec. 13, shortly after being named Person of the Year by Time magazine.