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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: The shuttle is destroying the ozone layer?
Message-ID: <3276@phred.UUCP>
Date: 24 Oct 90 12:53:21 GMT
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In article <1990Oct20.073254.23197@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> draper@cps3xx.cps.msu.edu (Patrick J Draper) writes:
>Let's see now.....
>The shuttle burns H2 as fuel (hydrogen). The oxidizer is O2 (oxygen).
>If I'm correct, the reaction is thus:
>        2H    +  O   --->   H O       (water)
>          2       2          2
>I doubt that mother earth minds too much.
>Patrick Draper ------   Michigan State University

The Shuttle also has 2 very hot Solid Rocket Boosters.  Peter Jarvis