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Date: August 09, 2023 at 16:27:17
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Tears a Hole in the Ionosphere Again |
URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-spacex-rocket-tears-a-hole-in-the-ionosphere-again/ar-AA1f0Q9n?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=1c3e25917a854a6581bf30287f93a5d8&ei=31 |
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from Newsweek(probably should go on Envirowatchers too
Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Tears a Hole in the Ionosphere
Again
Again???
this is not good
Newsweek
Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Tears a Hole in the Ionosphere
Again
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Rocket Punches Hole in Ionosphere
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The launch of a SpaceX rocket has punched a hole in the
planet's ionosphere, leaving a red aurora-like glow in
the night sky above California.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday from
Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in order to
deliver 15 Starlink satellites.
The rocket's exhaust fumes reacted with the Earth's
ionosphere, temporarily creating a hole in the layer of
ionized gases—a few weeks after another Falcon 9 launch
did the same thing.
The ionosphere is the upper layer of the atmosphere,
around 50 to 400 miles above the Earth's surface. It is
filled with charged atoms, called ions, that glow red
or green during the aurora as they react with solar
wind and radiation from coronal mass ejections or solar
flares.
This layer is essential to radio communication because
it reflects and refracts radio signals between the
sender and receiver, which is why solar flares can
cause radio blackouts.
The exhaust from rocket launches—containing mostly
water and carbon dioxide—can alter the layer's
ionization, reacting with the ions. This exhaust can
result in a 70 percent drop in ionization in the area
that the rocket passes through, particularly in the F-
layer at the top of the ionosphere, essentially carving
a hole through the layer.
The hallmark red glow is a fingerprint of this hole, as
it is a result of oxygen ions reacting with the rocket
exhaust. Oxygen ions are also the cause of redder
colors in the northern and southern lights.
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Date: August 10, 2023 at 09:58:21
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Tears a Hole in the Ionosphere Again |
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every rocket launch to space tears a hole in the ionosphere and sucks part of it into space...
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Date: August 10, 2023 at 12:24:10
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Tears a Hole in the Ionosphere Again |
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and all for the "glory of high speed internet and stuff"
he's definite not a greenie. Soon Bezos will join in ,
another idjiot billonaire for space and whatnot. Crazy
is as crazy does.
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