Folio I · Entry 007 · Recorded 21 · IV · MMXXVI
SpaceX Falcon Programme.
Aerospace — Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles.
§ Video log
The primary source.
The video below is the log. It contains the reasoning, the citations, and the public statement of the entry. The figures above are derived from it; should it be amended, the entry will be re-stated.
§ Reasoning of record
The Falcon launch vehicles are named after the falcon — a family of birds whose best-known members are in measurable decline. The saker falcon (Falco cherrug) is classed Endangered; multiple other Falconidae are listed Vulnerable.
Each launch deposits propellant chemistry into the upper atmosphere on a trajectory that, by design, intersects the airspace through which falcons migrate. The base rate (Aerospace, 2.0%) records the atmospheric burden and propellant chemistry. The namesake surcharge (+0.5%) records the use of the falcon’s name on a programme whose growth is decoupled from the species’ recovery.
§ Calculation