U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant
Cars That Think
APRIL 19, 2022
Bender is referring to the 2013 Minamata Convention on Mercury , a U.N. Mercury is otherwise found as a by-product of other processes, such as the burning of coal. And it’s cheap—there’s not a lot of competition with anyone looking to buy mercury. But then a company hit on the idea to use it as a spacecraft propellant.
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