Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 17, 2013 #1 Share Posted August 17, 2013 After Russian Rocket Crash, Kazakhstan Unhappy With Cleanup ASTANA/MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – Kazakhstan’s environment minister is “dissatisfied” with the cleanup effort following a Russian space rocket crash last month, the ministry said Thursday.A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three Glonass satellites veered off course seconds after blastoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur space center on July 2, crashing in a large fireball and leaving behind a cloud of toxic heptyl, amyl and kerosene fuels. Between 500 and 600 tons of heptyl was reportedly on board the craft at the time of the crash. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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