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High in the sky, 60 to 65 miles above Earth's surface, winds rush through a little understood region of Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Lower than a typical satellite's orbit, higher than where most planes fly, this upper atmosphere jet stream makes a perfect target for a particular kind of scientific experiment: the sounding rocket. Some 35 to 40 feet long, sounding rockets shoot up into the sky for short journeys of eight to ten minutes, allowing scientists to probe difficult-to-reach layers of the atmosphere.
In March, NASA will launch five such rockets in approximately five minutes to study these high-altitude winds and their intimate connection to the complicated electrical current patterns that surround Earth. First noticed in the 1960s, the winds in this jet stream shouldn't be confused with the lower jet stream located around 30,000 feet, through which passenger jets fly and which is reported in weather forecasts. This rocket experiment is designed to gain a better understanding of the high-altitude winds and help scientists better model the electromagnetic regions of space that can damage man-made satellites and disrupt communications systems. The experiment will also help explain how the effects of atmospheric disturbances in one part of the globe can be transported to other parts of the globe in a mere day or two.
The five sounding rockets, known as the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX), will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia releasing a chemical tracer into the air. The chemical -- a substance called trimethyl aluminum -- forms milky, white clouds that allow those on the ground to "see" the winds in space and track them with cameras. In addition, two of the rockets will have instrumented payloads to measure pressure and temperature in the atmosphere.
Proof of chemtrails, there ya go! So awesome now there is solid proof they are spraying stuff in the atmosphere and what goes up comes down on the people
The ATREX rockets will launch chemical tracers such as these that can be tracked by special cameras to help study winds in Earth's atmosphere. Credit: Miguel Larsen/Clemson Univ.
The five rockets will release a chemical tracer that will form milky, white tracer clouds that allow scientists and the public to "see" the winds in space. In addition, two of the rockets will have instrumented payloads, to measure the pressure and temperature in the atmosphere at the height of the high-speed winds.
The map of the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. shows the projected area where the rockets may be visible while the motors are burning through flight. It also shows the flight profile of each of the five rockets. Credit: NASA/Wallops
Four trimethyl aluminum (TMA) trails from a prior mission flown from Poker Flat, Alaska, in February 2009. Credit: Miguel Larsen/Clemson Univ.
The products of the reaction when TMA is exposed to air or water are aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Aluminum oxides are used to combat heartburn and to purify drinking water. Also, all three products occur naturally in the atmosphere. The TMA poses no threat to the public during preparation on the ground or during the release in space.
Originally posted by Mianeye
From this link.
www.nasa.gov...
The products of the reaction when TMA is exposed to air or water are aluminum oxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor. Aluminum oxides are used to combat heartburn and to purify drinking water. Also, all three products occur naturally in the atmosphere. The TMA poses no threat to the public during preparation on the ground or during the release in space.
Originally posted by usernameconspiracy
I think this does more to debunk chemtrails than prove them. First, I'm not certain that anything sprayed from that altitude would ever disperse onto the ground, and if it did, it would disperse over such a huge area that it would probably be undetectable amounts.
Further, when people are claiming it's going on every day, for hours on end, everywhere, an announcement of 5 whole rockets over a period of one month is not an "admission" of anything. These chemtrails that people claim are coming from passenger type aircraft, not rockets fired into the upper atmosphere.
The thing I don't get is if they were spraying chemicals, they could easily do it during cloudy days or at night and not have to worry about being "caught".
I suppose there is the possibility that you are being sarcastic in your OP.
Originally posted by Mianeye
reply to post by PageAlaCearl
Yes i do get the point, but dosn't see any proof that connect this experiment to the chemtrail spraying.
And if they openly admit this experiment, why should they keep the chemtrail spraying secret.
And if this is proof of chemtrail spraying, they just shot them self in the foot, i don't think NASA is that stupid ...You know.
The chemtrail conspiracy theory holds that some trails left by aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes
Originally posted by PageAlaCearl
The five sounding rockets, known as the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX), will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia releasing a chemical tracer into the air.
How is this not proof that NASA is releasing chemicals into the atmosphere? It literally says releasing a CHEMICAL tracer!!!!
Funny every Chemtrail thread, same people saying the same things.edit on 13-3-2012 by PageAlaCearl because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by usernameconspiracy
Originally posted by PageAlaCearl
The five sounding rockets, known as the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX), will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia releasing a chemical tracer into the air.
How is this not proof that NASA is releasing chemicals into the atmosphere? It literally says releasing a CHEMICAL tracer!!!!
Funny every Chemtrail thread, same people saying the same things.edit on 13-3-2012 by PageAlaCearl because: (no reason given)
It is proof that NASA is releasing chemicals into the UPPER atmosphere.
The chemtrail conspiracy theory holds that some trails left by aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for purposes undisclosed to the general public in clandestine programs directed by government officials.
Originally posted by usernameconspiracy
So you are saying it's both?
I guess you should define what you understand as "high altitudes". I have never read one chemtrail claim that was not linked to modern aircraft, flying at an altitude of 20,000 - 35,000 feet. Not that I agree with chemtrail theory, but it makes sense that if you are going to spray the masses, the lower the altitude, the better. Correct?
If I want to spray my yard effectively, do I hold the sprayer near the ground or do I stand on the roof and spray up into the air? Further, do i expect that by standing on the roof I am going to effectively treat my yard? I know the answer...chemtrailers do not.