Aerospace-Plane Flights and Stratospheric Ozone

Review and Preliminary Assessment of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Operations

David Shiao-Kung Liu

ResearchPublished 1992

The United States is engaged in a National Aerospace Plane program to develop an air-breathing single-stage-to-orbit vehicle, the X-30. This note provides estimates of stratospheric changes in water vapor and nitrogen oxide content in order to assess the effect on stratospheric ozone from an operational fleet of such vehicles. Assuming a fleet of 20, each making 10 flights a year, Liu finds that the effect on stratospheric ozone would be much smaller than other anthropogenic effects.

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Liu, David Shiao-Kung, Aerospace-Plane Flights and Stratospheric Ozone: Review and Preliminary Assessment of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Operations, RAND Corporation, N-3464-AF, 1992. As of September 17, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3464.html
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Liu, David Shiao-Kung, Aerospace-Plane Flights and Stratospheric Ozone: Review and Preliminary Assessment of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Operations. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1992. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3464.html. Also available in print form.
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