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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I would love to know how helium keeps them from being toxic. And I would like to know ‘toxic to what? They are only fired in a vacuum.


74 posted on 06/13/2024 1:36:06 PM PDT by Bryan24
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To: Bryan24

Unused propellant when the spacecraft comes back to earth is toxic to ground crews. That is why you always saw Shuttle ground crews in full hazmat suits.


78 posted on 06/13/2024 3:48:53 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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