How much pollution does each space launch produce?

Subject: How much pollution does each space launch produce?

Date: Tue Oct 17 08:03:49 2000
Posted by Glenn Shaffer
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Highlands State/Province: Texas Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 971784229.Es

Message:


During each space launch, certain polutants are released to the atomsphere; 
how do these polutants compare with the polution generated by automobiles. 
Is there a correlation between the ozone depletion and the number of space 
launches made?

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