Recent content by keithl

Thank you for your answer. The question is in the title; I provided (too much?) supporting information in the body of the text. "Solar Rayleigh scattering power per molecule, and photoionization rates for CO₂, H₂O" ... in average vacuum optical flux from the Sun. The last part of the title...

I'm pondering the behavior and persistence of rocket exhaust plume molecules far above the atmosphere. For example, the plume from an apogee circularization thrust from GTO (Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit) to GEO (Geosynchronous orbit). CO₂ and H₂O are among the molecular species emitted by a...