Tagged: plastic

KD-502 polymer catch tank (actual vessel with one cover removed) (Credits: Amoco Polymers, Inc.)

Space Safety Lessons from Earth2

Hazard Analysis: The BP Amoco Thermal Decomposition Incident

By Terry Hardy on March 13, 2014

On March 13, 2001, three workers at the BP Amoco Polymers plant in Augusta, Georgia were... Read more →

Radiation

Plastics May be Man’s Best Friend During Deep Space Travel

By moonandback on June 14, 2013

Artist's conception of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter above the Moon. The Cosmic... Read more →