Do Shuttle exhaust gases damage the ozone layer? The issue of environmental loading due to space travel
Abstract
The effects of various Shuttle exhaust gases on the atmosphere and its ozone layer are examined. Attention is given to the effect of those gases on cloud formation. The advantages of alternative fuels in these respects are considered.
- Publication:
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Astronautik
- Pub Date:
- June 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991Asnau..28...45S
- Keywords:
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- Air Pollution;
- Exhaust Gases;
- Ozone Depletion;
- Ozonosphere;
- Space Shuttles;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Cloud Cover;
- Earth Orbital Environments;
- Geophysics