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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Uh, no. The helium is used to pressurize the fuel and oxidizer tanks because it's inert to both fuel and oxidizer.

Starliner burns monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide.

66 posted on 06/13/2024 6:48:51 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Campion

But burning hydrazine contradicts the author’s statement “Helium is used in the spacecraft’s thruster systems to allow the thrusters to fire without being combustible or toxic.”


71 posted on 06/13/2024 7:30:59 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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