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Planes, Rockets, and the Upper Atmosphere

Interesting stuff about how aerospace combustion emissions above the tropopause might affect radiation and composition in the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and ionosphere.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

This Vehicle Would be a Large Emitter

Big plans perhaps. Follow the "12 to 1" rule : 12 kilotons into the stratosphere for every kiloton into LEO. That would be over 2 kilotons per launch.

Posted by Martin Ross at 2.1.10

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