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NASA Rocket to Create Clouds Tuesday

Started by mickw, Sep 14, 2009, 18:46:42

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A rocket experiment set to launch Tuesday aims to create artificial clouds at the outermost layers of Earth's atmosphere.

The project, called the Charged Aerosol Release Experiment (CARE), plans to trigger cloud formation around the rocket's exhaust particles. The clouds are intended to simulate naturally-occurring phenomena called noctilucent clouds, which are the highest clouds in the atmosphere.

More:   http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090914-mm-noctilucent-clouds.html

Good job it wasn't called - Charged Released Aerosol Project   :)
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