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Each Starship will land with its propellant tanks depleted, and will depend on being refilled with 600 metric tons of oxygen and methane to make the return odyssey back to Earth.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
But without giving away too many spoilers, there’s also a metric ton of heartbreak and pain to contend with.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
What to Know As illustrated in the map below, based on data from the latest U.S. Geological Survey report on rare earths, China holds the world's largest rare earth reserves, estimated at 44 million metric tons.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The study found that such large-scale geothermal deployment would lower national electricity demand by up to 13% by 2050, and could decrease planet-warming carbon emissions by more than 7,000 million metric tons through 2050 — or as much CO2 as 640 million homes would emit in the course of a year.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
But without giving away too many spoilers, there’s also a metric ton of heartbreak and pain to contend with.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
What to Know As illustrated in the map below, based on data from the latest U.S. Geological Survey report on rare earths, China holds the world's largest rare earth reserves, estimated at 44 million metric tons.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The study found that such large-scale geothermal deployment would lower national electricity demand by up to 13% by 2050, and could decrease planet-warming carbon emissions by more than 7,000 million metric tons through 2050 — or as much CO2 as 640 million homes would emit in the course of a year.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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