Modification Of The Upper Atmosphere By SPS Propulsion Effluents
Proceedings Of The Workshop
- Contract Number: 31109385033
- Report Code: CONF7996180
- Release year: 1980
- Pages: 147
Coordinating Organizations:
- La Jolla Institute
- US Department Of Energy
Contributors:
Ernest Bauer
Abstract/Description:
The object of this present study is to identify atmospheric research need, including both theory and experiment, for evaluation of upper atmospheric environmental effects due to SPS construction and deployment. The main effects considered result from space transportation operations -- in particular the injection by rocket engines of water and hydrogen between 70km altitude and geo-stationary earth orbit (35,000 km radius) -- and with the injection of argon beams into the plasmasphere at higher altitudes.
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