Re: OT: We got it up!

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:52:53 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:04:06 -0700, Jim Thompson
><thegreatone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
[snip]
>>
>>I don't know if they have an exemption or not, but tile failure was
>>not a major problem until environmentalists forced the discontinuation
>>of fluorocarbon(freon)-based foaming agents. NASA used hydrazine
>>instead, and the tile failures began.
>>
>>
>> ...Jim Thompson
>
>And the putty used on the SRB segment seals, the stuff that worked,
>included asbestos.
>
>John
>

Absolutely! Asbestos was wonderful stuff, dangerous only to asbestos
workers/handlers. So, instead of fixing the worker safety issue,
we're denied the benefits.

Same situation with RoHS... bunch of bureaucratic BS that'll do more
damage than good. And beware, the replacements will end up being more
dangerous than the originals.

...Jim Thompson
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