Introduction: Assessment of Space Related Environmental
Impacts through Scientific Studies
The Air Force is investigating several areas where there is insufficient
information to determine environmental impact quantatively. This information
is provided as a basis for our NEPA environmental analyses and for use by
other agencies and the public in evaluating environmental impact of space
programs and related facilities.
Key Reports and Documents: Abstracts in text format or the complete
text and graphics in Adobe Acrobat format can
be downloaded for some reports and documents. Click "abs" for
the abstract or "pdf" for the complete report or document. Abstracts in Russion in the pdf format
are available for some reports.
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Impact of Rockets on Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- COMING NOV '97 ! --> Overview of Stratospheric
Ozone Depletion and the Contribution of Launch Vehicles (pdf, MS Word)
(Note that this is a comprehensive treatment of the subject for layman
and scientist alike.)
- Systems Requirements Review for the High-Resolution Ozone Imager (HIROIG)
1993 (abs)
- High Resolution Ozone Imager (HIROIG) Brochure (pdf)
- Stratospheric Ozone Reactive Chemicals Generated by Space Launches
Worldwide - 1994 (abs, pdf)
- Computer Model Predictions of the Local Effects of Large, Solid-Fuel
Rocket Motors on Stratospheric Ozone - 1994
(abs)
- The Impact of Tropospheric Rocket Exhaust on Stratospheric Ozone -
1994
- Possible Effect of the Chlorine Oxide Dimer on Transient Ozone Loss
in Rocket Plumes - 1994 (pdf)
- Utilization of Alternate Propellants to Reduce Stratospheric Ozone
Depletion - 1994
- Modeling Solid Rocket Booster Exhaust Plumes in the Stratosphere with
SURFACE CHEMKIN - 1995 (abs,
pdf)
- Heterogeneous Chemistry on Metal Oxide Surfaces, MIT, 1995 (pdf)
- Ozone Decomposition on Alumina: Implications for Solid Rocket Motor
Exhaust - 1996 (abs)
- An Assessment of the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer for Measuring
Ozone Levels in a Solid Rocket Plume - 1996
(abs)
- Laboratory Generation of Free Chlorine from HCl Under Stratospheric
Afterburning Conditions - 1996 (abs)
- Local Effects of Solid Rocket Motor Exhaust on Stratospheric Ozone
- 1996 (abs)
- Stratospheric Effects of Rocket Plumes, An overview and update of a
program to understand the local effects of rocket plumes in the stratosphere
- 1996 (abs)
- Effects of Launch Vehicle Emissions in the Stratosphere - 1997 (abs)
- Solid Rocket Motor Exhaust Model for Alumina Particles in the Stratosphere
- 1997 (abs)
- Predicted Optical Characteristics of Solid Rocket Motor Exhaust in
the Stratosphere - 1997 (abs)
- K-2 Titan IV Stratospheric Plume Dispersion - 1997
(abs)
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Impact of Deorbiting Debris from Satellites on Stratospheric
Ozone
- Overview of the Space Debris Environment - 1995
(abs)
- The Impact of Deorbiting Space Debris on Stratospheric Ozone - 1994
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