KSC recycles toxic propellent as fertilizer for orange groves
RECYCLING: NASA's Kennedy Space Center hopes to save about $80,000 a year by capturing highly toxic nitrogen tetroxide that escapes as vapor during Space Shuttle processing and using it to make fertilizer for orange groves on the coastal Florida launch facility. An "Improved Nitrogen Tetroxide...
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