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Lack of training cited in Mojave spaceport blast

Andrew

Nitrous Oxide eh? 

Posted Monday 21st January 2008 14:45 GMT

Coat

...that's no laughing matter.

ImaGnuber

Spare Change 

Posted Monday 21st January 2008 15:04 GMT

So a little over $8600 per dead worker (the remainder should cover the injured). Industrial safety is cheap in California! I assume the families' lawyers will crank the total up.

Fluffykins

@Andrew 

Posted Monday 21st January 2008 15:14 GMT

But it's a real gas!!

Louis Cowan

Terrible jokes 

Posted Monday 21st January 2008 16:52 GMT

Join my NO2badjokes protest!

Anonymous Coward

@terrible jokes 

Posted Monday 21st January 2008 21:09 GMT

Coat

hilarious, unfortunately it's N20

the lab coat please...

kain preacher

CEO 

Posted Monday 21st January 2008 22:21 GMT

just spray the CEO's ankles with of liquid nitrogen :)

Rich

Hippy crack / just say no! 

Posted Tuesday 22nd January 2008 03:29 GMT

Flame

Especially in railcar quantities.

It's unsurprising that a lot of these high-altitude rocket (sorry, "space") efforts have difficulty getting oxidiser from understandably wary suppliers.