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The article gives no hint as to why there are high levels of mercury in SpaceX's water deluge system. Elon would not be trying to buff his "Evil Billionaire" r

The article gives no hint as to why there are high levels of mercury in SpaceX's water deluge system. Elon would not be trying to buff his "Evil Billionaire" rep...right?

mlindner 2y ago
That's because there's the actual texas environmental report doesn't claim high levels of mercury in the samples. The high level comes from a typo of putting the decimal point in the wrong spot. https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/permitting/wastewater/title-iv/tpdes/wq0005462000-spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp-starbaselaunchpadsite-cameron-tpdes-adminpackage.pdf https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/permitting/wastewater/t...
- credit_guy 2y ago
  You're linking a 483 page document, and I have no idea what typo you are referring to. Can you be more specific?
  - mlindner 2y ago
    The article claims 113 micrograms per liter, the document claims "<0.113" micrograms per liter. Page 177. Also called "Report Page 20 of 71". RL stands for "Reporting Limit".
    - DerekL 2y ago
      It looks like page 79 of that doc has a typo. It says mercury in sample 1 is 113 µg/L. Maybe they meant 0.113.
      - lern_too_spel 2y ago
        It was supposed to say <.113 µg/L.
autoexec 2y ago
This article doesn't, but the one it links to does. > SpaceX said in its response on X that there were "no detectable levels of mercury" found in its samples. But SpaceX wrote in its permit application that its mercury concentration at one outfall location was 113 micrograms per liter. Water quality criteria in the state calls for levels no higher than 2.1 micrograms per liter for acute aquatic toxicity and much lower levels for human health. The article also says important information was missing from the application: > Teague, who has more than three decades of water quality and coastal planning experience, told CNBC the application was full of holes, missing basic details about water discharge volumes, the temperature of the effluent and outfall locations.
Qem 2y ago
> Elon would not be trying to buff his "Evil Billionaire" rep...right? Elon: the billionaire that promised Mars, but delivered mercury.

The article gives no hint as to why there are high levels of mercury in SpaceX's water deluge system. Elon would not be trying to buff his "Evil Billionaire" rep...right?

mlindner 2y ago

That's because there's the actual texas environmental report doesn't claim high levels of mercury in the samples. The high level comes from a typo of putting the decimal point in the wrong spot. https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/permitting/wastewater/title-iv/tpdes/wq0005462000-spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp-starbaselaunchpadsite-cameron-tpdes-adminpackage.pdf https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/permitting/wastewater/t...

credit_guy 2y ago
You're linking a 483 page document, and I have no idea what typo you are referring to. Can you be more specific?
- mlindner 2y ago
  The article claims 113 micrograms per liter, the document claims "<0.113" micrograms per liter. Page 177. Also called "Report Page 20 of 71". RL stands for "Reporting Limit".
  - DerekL 2y ago
    It looks like page 79 of that doc has a typo. It says mercury in sample 1 is 113 µg/L. Maybe they meant 0.113.
    - lern_too_spel 2y ago
      It was supposed to say <.113 µg/L.

autoexec 2y ago

This article doesn't, but the one it links to does. > SpaceX said in its response on X that there were "no detectable levels of mercury" found in its samples. But SpaceX wrote in its permit application that its mercury concentration at one outfall location was 113 micrograms per liter. Water quality criteria in the state calls for levels no higher than 2.1 micrograms per liter for acute aquatic toxicity and much lower levels for human health. The article also says important information was missing from the application: > Teague, who has more than three decades of water quality and coastal planning experience, told CNBC the application was full of holes, missing basic details about water discharge volumes, the temperature of the effluent and outfall locations.

Qem 2y ago

> Elon would not be trying to buff his "Evil Billionaire" rep...right? Elon: the billionaire that promised Mars, but delivered mercury.