The ozone layer

This topic was created in the Aries forum by boyfromutrecht on Monday, August 18, 2008 and has 3 replies.
The media is propaganding that the pollution of cars and cows are
the cause of the hole in the ozone layer...
but !
Isn't it possible that the hole in the oczone layer is made by all the Space Rockets who ( i think ) also have to go through the ozone layer ?
According to a report, Richard McPeters of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; model calculations suggest that 15 launches a year -- a number that exceeds the current launch frequency -- could decrease ozone levels over the northern midlatitudes by up to 0.1 percent. While such small changes pose no threat now, they (could) grow important over time, especially if launch frequency increased substantially, Grey says. The report also calls on scientists to improve on the rudimentary* models currently used to aasess ozone loss.
We may be safe for now, but looking through a glass darkly, i think alot of it depends on what the actual future, (life style ?) will bring. Will we be terraforming distant planets, as our world becomes extremely over-populated? What about constant, numerous space station flights? It's hard to forsee the future. Though, moving into the aquarian age, i would not be surprised, since aquarius is a highly futuristic, highly technical sign. i think most anything is possible in excess.. It's just a matter of time.. Maybe someday we will conquer earthly emissions, only to have another joker lost up our sleeve.
Those Rockets HAVE to go through the ozone layer .....

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