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Effect Of Deposition From Static Test Fires On Corn And Alfalfa, Scout Mendenhall
Effect Of Deposition From Static Test Fires On Corn And Alfalfa, Scout Mendenhall
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Alliant Techsystems, Inc (ATK) manufactures solid rocket motors for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the Promontory, UT facility. Periodically ATK conducts static test fires, where the rocket is restrained horizontally and fired into a hillside. The plume entrains native soil and is carried by the wind until it cools and settles. Although the area around ATK is sparsely populated, residents of nearby Penrose and Thatcher, UT are concerned with the deposition of the test fire soil (TFS) from the static rocket tests. In 2010, several crop fields nearing harvest were dusted with TFS, prompting the investigation of …