Eric Rosten

When you start burning up all that aluminum and copper and lithium at the top of the atmosphere, it turns out it might start to have some effects we do not want. And that will come largely in the form of depleting the ozone layer, which is, of course, the layer of this oxygen gas ozone that blocks the sun's ultraviolet light and prevents it from harming living things on Earth.

When you start burning up all that aluminum and copper and lithium at the top of the atmosphere, it turns out it might start to have some effects we do not want. And that will come largely in the form of depleting the ozone layer, which is, of course, the layer of this oxygen gas ozone that blocks the sun's ultraviolet light and prevents it from harming living things on Earth.

The scientists say this is concerning. It's not a crisis by any stretch yet. But what it requires is asking some questions and keeping an eye on the data and trying to be proactive about testing and about whether or not this could become a real problem that we don't want to see blossom.

The scientists say this is concerning. It's not a crisis by any stretch yet. But what it requires is asking some questions and keeping an eye on the data and trying to be proactive about testing and about whether or not this could become a real problem that we don't want to see blossom.

When you start burning up all that aluminum and copper and lithium at the top of the atmosphere, it turns out it might start to have some effects we do not want. And that will come largely in the form of depleting the ozone layer, which is, of course, the layer of this oxygen gas ozone that blocks the sun's ultraviolet light and prevents it from harming living things on Earth.

The scientists say this is concerning. It's not a crisis by any stretch yet. But what it requires is asking some questions and keeping an eye on the data and trying to be proactive about testing and about whether or not this could become a real problem that we don't want to see blossom.