U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant
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Space startup Apollo Fusion might have contaminated the upper atmosphere with the toxic metal

UN banned Apollo Fusion’s business model of using mercury rocket propellant to launch satellites into space::Startup Apollo Fusion was building thrusters that could have contaminated the upper atmosphere with the toxic metal

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Actually susprised that it’s even viable to use a byproduct of burning something else as a fuel

    Isn’t charcoal that?