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Starship doesn't use hydrazine. The article headline is "technically" correct because ANY water that has come from any pipe work/tanks that isn't rain from the
by mlindner 3y ago
Starship doesn't use hydrazine.
The article headline is "technically" correct because ANY water that has come from any pipe work/tanks that isn't rain from the sky is "treated wastewater" by weird government definition.
The water has no known pollutants in it. It's clean drinking water pumped through pipes and splashing on to the ground and picking up whatever dirt is on the ground.
- pnpnp 3y agoI was just using that as an example. You are wrong about having “no known pollutants,” though. Pollutants need to be below some agreed-upon level, so they exist but in theory should be below harmful levels. There can be a perceived difference between industrial chemical wastewater and household wastewater and that’s what I was getting at. One is far riskier for a “spill” accident, and more rigorous prevention measures may need to be discussed upfront. The article didn’t differentiate which it’s going to be. I feel like by not differentiating, the article may be somewhat sensationalized. Without knowing which it is, I’m left wondering.
- mlindner 3y agoThe term chemical wastewater generally sounds like it's generated by some kind of chemical process as a byproduct. In this case though there is nothing chemical happening to this waste water. It comes in via trucks and is then pumped back out again.
- pnpnp 3y agoI’m just saying is that it’s very unclear from the article.