🚀 go-pugleaf

>In <1992Nov19.150400.24961@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
>
>>Hmmm... this gives me an idea. Maybe the way to sell SSTO to Gore is
>>to emphasize the non-poluting fuel it uses. Deltas and Titans burn
>>nasty stuff which wold cause problems in large quantities.
>
>Actually, the biggest polluter is the Space Shuttle.  (Hydrochloric
>acid and other byproducts from those big SRBs.)
>

Yep, lots of nasty stuff in those SRBs. But I can say from observation
that the wildlife at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, surrounding
Launch Complex 39, doesn't seem effected one bit. If pollution from the
SRBs were a serious threat, it should show up there first, right?
More Bald Eagles and alligators there than most places. Not to mention
all those fish, snakes, birds, and insects inhabiting the place.
 
I grew up around there too, and there's nothing wrong (hack hack) with
me (cough) either. ;-)

-Brian