[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, FUEL: Cleaning up after Antares failure, Wallops Island, VA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NASA Investigates Environmental Impact Of Failed Launch

by Lili Zheng
WMDT TV-47 News
December 16, 2014

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. - Tuesday marks seven weeks since the failed  
Antares launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, and researchers are  
busy investigating exactly what went wrong along with the  
environmental impact of the failed launch.

Orbital Sciences is primarily leading the investigation behind the  
failed Antares launch, but researchers at the Wallops Island Flight  
Facility are focused on safety measures and the possible  
environmental impacts resulting from the failed launch.

TJ Meyer is the Associate Division Chief for the Medical &  
Environmental Management Division at the Wallops Island Flight Facility.

"We located only perchlorate and diesel rain organics or  
RP-1contingents." Says Meyer.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wmdt.com/news/more-local-news/nasa-investigates- 
environmental-impact-of-failed-launch/30248312

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