[AR] Re: Space-X escape engines

  • From: Nels Anderson <nels.anderson@xxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:58:14 +0000

AIUI perchlorate dust is potentially a serious health hazard:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11357-martian-dust-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health/
https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9012690


On 11/14/2015 03:43 PM, Uwe Klein wrote:

Am 14.11.2015 um 16:22 schrieb James G (Redacted sender d0ch011iday
for DMARC):

By the time SpaceX is going to Mars they will be well into their LOX/CH4
generation of motors (Raptor et al.). The atmospheric and surface
chemical conditions on Mars are about as toxic as hydrazine.

CO2 @ 6mbar is toxic ?

doesn't support life but per se toxic

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