Impacts of Rockets on the Atmosphere

Limits on the Space Launch Market Related to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion,
M. Ross, D. Toohey, M. Peinemann, and P. Ross,
Astropolitics, 7, 50-82, doi:10.1080/14777620902768867, 2009.
(Click here for on-line copy)

Ten Important Atmospheric Science Experiments, Scientific American on-line (PUMA-C mentioned in Slide 2)

Aerospace Magazine, July 2005

National Geographic
, April, 2009

Press coverage of Ross et al. 2009 paper

Information on rocket launch impacts

Misconceptions about the impacts of rockets on the stratosphere



Plume Ultrafast Measurements Acquisition (PUMA)

Pre-PUMA Stories

April 1, 1997, New York Times, RISO
November 1997, New Scientist, RISO
1990 - on CFCs and Rockets

December 2006 Campaign
Photos


STS-114 for AGU Fall 2005
Photos from NASA-926 (Brian Barnett)

Original WAVE video from www.nasa.gov
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Some recent photos
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WB-57 Home Page
SGER Proposal (pdf file)
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WAVE in the NEWS
Space.com - May 11, 2005
Inside Costa Rica - April 27, 2005
Machine Vision Online - April 25, 2005
A Bird's Eye View - NASA April 14, 2005
Space Daily - April 14, 2005
Murdoc Online - April 14, 2005
About.com - April 13, 2005
Military and Aerospace - April 13, 2005
QuVis Servers - March 31, 2005
Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB)
CAIB Executive Summary

Air and Space - July 2004
Florida Today - Feb. 1, 2004
Florida Today - December 24, 2004

DELTA IV HEAVY LAUNCH, December 21, 2004
See video of the December Delta IV Heavy Launch (Windows 3.5 MB)
Photo of Delta IV Heavy exhaust plume, December 21, 2004
Photo of contrail left by Delta IV Heavy on December 21, 2004


PUMA-A
Watch the launch of AMC-11 (Real 8 MB)
Another view of the launch (Real 25 MB)
Brian Barnett's post-flight notes
Photos from PUMA-A, May 2004
Some Results
Darrel's CAPS Summary


This page was last updated 4/9/2009 by Darin Toohey