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Some atmospheric researchers are suggesting that rocket launches may have to be restricted in the future to avoid serious damage to the Earth’s protective ozone layer.
Future ozone losses from the increasing number of rocket launches could eventually exceed the damage caused by CFCs, the chemical compound banned from use in aerosols, freezers and air conditioners, said Darin Toohey of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s atmospheric and oceanic sciences department.
Toohey’s research, in conjunction with authors from the Aerospace Corp. and Em bry-Riddle Aeronautical University, appeared online in the journal Astropolitics.
