Comment on SpaceX's Starship blows up ahead of 10th test flight

tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Rocket fuel is toxic. Don’t cook with it. Don’t touch or breathe it. Don’t even look at it.

  Once it’s burned it’s mostly safe, aside from the usual problems with combustion products.

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  • tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Is LOX and methane really that bad?

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I was thinking hydrazine. I don’t know what this rocket was using.

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      • tehn00bi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        provscons.com/heres-why-spacex-uses-methane-in-st…

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