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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Russell those are not hazmat suits, but
rather standard spacecraft clean-room attire.  The issue is not protecting the
humans from the spacecraft, but rather protecting the spacecraft from the
humans.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Russell Wallace<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 13, 2007
8:35 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ExI chat list<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ExI] Dawn launch
(loading the xenon)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 6/12/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Amara Graps</span></b>
<<a href="mailto:amara@amara.com">amara@amara.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The crane was fixed last week to assemble the second stage of the
rocket.<br>
See pics below for loading the spacecraft with propellant (xenon)<br>
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<a href="http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=173">http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=173
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Took a look at these just now - the technicians are in hazmat suits? I thought
the purpose of using xenon instead of mercury was to avoid the need for such
elaborate precautions? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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