Explain the Contamination

I can understand why there would be an interest in liquid oxygen/liquid methane propulsion for lunar missions (AW&ST July 13, p. 16); liquid methane is next to liquid hydrogen in performance, while being superior in storability and density. But I don’t understand why hypergolic propellants...

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