[ExI] Dawn launch (loading the xenon)

[Christopher Healey]

Perhaps it's liquified xenon.

 

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On 6/12/07, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:

	The crane was fixed last week to assemble the second stage of
the rocket.
	See pics below for loading the spacecraft with propellant
(xenon)
	
	http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=173 


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? 

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