Satellites and space have done all the damage to our ozone layer?

Question

20 years ago Popular Science magazine did and article on the Ozone layer and the prospects of satellites damaging our ozone layer.

The article laid out a flat grid on two pages of paper. It showed all the satellites that had been shot into space then.

Since then there have been hundreds maybe thousands that have traveled through the ozone layer.

The point being once a missile or satellite punches a hole through the ozone it cannot be repaired. Thus global warming and destruction of life is eminent.

We are told it is just a cycle we are going threw and that there is not danger shooting missiles into outer space.

Guess again.

The article went on to say that if the punching of holes in the ozone is not stopped that the destruction of mankind is eminent. The South Pole has the biggest tear in the ozone from years of shooting rockets through it going back to the early thirties

If you believe this is just a bunch of words and not fact then you better do your research. I had one fellow tell me that the ozone was just a bunch of gas and that when something traveled through it it justs filled back in so there is nothing ot worry about.

It is this attitude of the normal person on the street knowing more than science and the government covering it up that bothers me. Don't create panic is our governments best tool and they use it well.

Talk with your Congressmen & Senators and tell them it is time to stop the murder of our ozone.

If you don't no one else will

Dusty Job Marine.

Answer 1

Total total rubbish.

The one fellow who told you ozone is a gas was right. As such pushing a hole through it does nothing other than temporarily move oxygen molecules (which collide into each other at similar speeds much more frequently anyway). Is air damaged by running through it? Does a fan ruin the air in your house?

Also the location of holes does not tie up with the location of the rocket launch sites. Other wise Kazakhstan (the Baikonur Cosmodrome in particular) would have a massive hole over it. But it has none and none near it either.

If you can't be convinced I offer you a simple solution. Prove me wrong. You can simply fill a perplex cube (with thin plastic windows) with the same mix of gases in the ozone layer. Then shoot a bullet through it to see what damage it does to the ozone.

It won't do any. But don't take my word by all means feel free to try. Hey, if your right you will be famous. However im willing to bet you won't bother but will continue arguing anyway.

20 years ago this was daft. But to still be believing it is crazy. I suggest you read the attached source which explains the ozone holes properly (and whose conclusions are verified by experiment not opinion's).  

Answer 2

The sun keeps generating more ozone in our atmosphere twenty four hours a day.

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Answer 3

Hey Dusty Job Marine,

Time to leave the science to the professionals and go back to mindlessly following orders from on high.  First: this is a question and answer site, not your soapbox.  Second: through - NOT - "threw".  Third: follow this url to get a clue: http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/facts/ho...

Ozone is a gas, not a membrane to poke a hole in.  That said, the  worst part of satellite and rocket launches is the awful emmisions from the launch itself which can account for an enormous amount of ground level ozone producing chemicals, particulate matter, and such.  The proliferation of satellite launches is harmful to us, the Earth, and life in general, but the observations to study this REQUIRES satellite imagery! Go Figure.

Have fun railing back!