A global agency that sets rules for the seas is studying the environmental effects of more and more rocket stages that may contain toxic fuel dropping into the world’s oceans. The International Maritime Organization is studying the environmental effects of more and more rocket stages that may contain toxic fuel dropping into the world’s oceans. “Hydrazine is unlikely to still be present by the time the debris falls to Earth,” wrote one staff member at Global Affairs Canada. Another called the likelihood of rocket fuel entering the oceans a “false narrative.” Others aren’t so sure. Hydrazine is gradually being phased out of most space programs, but Santillo said other fuels are also harmful.

Source: thestar March 24, 2019 14:15 UTC