[bvw]

It was NASA who made the decision to launch. Not Greenpeace. NASA, the institution, where over time, environmental and diversity considerations are weighed right up there with safety. A "Can Do What Has Been Done" mantra-chanting NASA.

[CyberAnt]

Get off your soapbox - if you're for environmental stuff, so be it. You can try to avoid any responsibility, but it won't work with me.

Yes, NASA made the decision; yes, NASA might have gotten an exception. However, that does not exempt the fact that an environmentally friendly and people killing material may have been used.