Ecological aspects of the effect of rockets and spacecraft on the magnetosphere and near space
Abstract
The paper reviews the main types of anthropogenic pollution of near-earth space associated with the destruction of spacecraft and the operation of rocket engines. It is noted that space debris, including the radioactive variety, is a present danger, while global changes of the environment (depletion of the ionosphere, increase in the density of the exosphere, climatic changes, etc.) may occur with the further intensification of space activity.
- Publication:
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Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
- Pub Date:
- June 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991Ge&Ae..31..570S
- Keywords:
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- Air Pollution;
- Earth Magnetosphere;
- Exhaust Gases;
- Hazardous Material Disposal (In Space);
- Man Environment Interactions;
- Rocket Exhaust;
- Combustion Products;
- Earth Orbital Environments;
- Ionospheric Electron Density;
- Meteoroid Hazards;
- Radiation Hazards