that launch from KSC would be expected to increase Brevard County’s NOj. emissions 35% above the baseline 1985 emission. Argonne characterized the SPS launch vehicle exhaust products flux as much less damaging to the environment than Space Shuttle launches utilizing the large solid rocket boosters with their halogen-bearing exhaust products. Los Alamos work has revealed no new conclusions other than that the SPS transportation environmental effects situation looks favorable, but requires more experimental as well as theoretical work.
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