[ExI] Dawn launch (loading the xenon)

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Wed Jun 13 20:33:14 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 02:39:59PM -0500, Chris Petersen wrote:
> 
>    On 6/13/07, Christopher Healey <[1]CHealey at unicom-inc.com> wrote:
> 
>    Perhaps it's liquified xenon.
> 
>    Due to pressurization.  If a leak occurred, it'd go gaseous pretty
>    quickly.

Xenon *is* an anaesthetic, and some 140 kg is an awful lot of it,
but are you sure these are oxygen cylinders, and not normal 
cleanroom bunnysuits? (I haven't seen the picture yet).

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