From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 16:20:53 MST
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Damien Broderick <thespike@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Officials are warning anyone who finds fragments to stay well clear, due to
>>`lethal toxic fumes' from unburned fuel. Well, hmm, that sounds implausible.
>>Is this just an attempt to prevent looting/souveniring of the flight
>>recorder etc?
>
>
> Probably, but note that the space shuttle's attitude jets burn
> monomethyl hydrazine with nitrogen tetroxide, which are rather
> noxious.
>
Hydrazine /is/ more than a little noxious. :) It qualifies as a nerve agent.
Even a tiny little bit of it on skin is baaaad for you. There are probably a
confluence of factors, including both the oficial claim and Damein's suspicion;
and remember also the old proverb, "simple truths for simple minds."...
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