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From: pstinson@pbs.org
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: I need facts!
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.114100.13062@pbs.org>
Date: 27 Jun 91 15:41:00 GMT
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Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <37330001@hpindwa.cup.hp.com>, bobj@hpindwa.cup.hp.com (Bob Joslin) writes:
> I've heard that one shuttle launch causes 1/4 of 1% of the ozone to be
> destroyed. 
> 
> Given that NASA is about the only organization capable making an
> estimate like this, if this is true, then NASA must have said it.
> 
FALSE.  Any organization is capable of making these estimates and not just
government agencies or departments.  Quite a few statements of this type
have come from college campuses around the world. :-)