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From: ems@Apple.COM (Mike Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: SST landing rights in US
Message-ID: <574@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Feb 89 23:19:36 GMT
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Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific Ca
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In article <15438@cisunx.UUCP> jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (James C. Benz) writes:
>>2) SSTs release water vapor at very high altitudes. It was believed
>>that this water vapor would form permanent, or nearly permanent,
>>clouds at altitudes where clouds are not normally found. These clouds
>>would reduce the amount of sun light reaching the ground and cause a
>>global cooling. It was believed that contrails were already having
>>this effect.
>>
>
>Heyyy....  The greenhouse effect reversed!  There might be something to this.
>Lets build lots of high-flying SST's and we in the Northeast can get our
>ski trails back in shape!  And then we can all go back to burning all the
>fossil fuels we can get.

And what about all the military supersonic fights?  Surely what is
true of Eco-concerns for the Concord is also true for the SR71?