They're run-by hydrazine, which is a toxic substance in and of it's own right. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2006] Reference
First of all, it has 1,000 pounds of hydrazine, which is very toxic rocket fuel. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2008] Reference
I don't think there's any hydrazine, which is used for fuel cells on the Shuttle. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
Those auxiliary power units use a substance called hydrazine, among other things, to operate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
There are some chemicals that you care about the name, such as hydrazine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2008] Reference
You don't want people to be associated with hydrazine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
It's kind of a toxic way to make electricity using the hydrazine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2005] Reference
And, okay, the pentagon probably says it's all about the hydrazine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
But if it does, its full tank of hydrazine fuel could be a deadly hazard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2008] Reference
That is the exhaust from the auxiliary power units which are run by hydrazine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2005] Reference
HARRIS: Let's ask the follow up then, how dangerous is this hydrazine propellant?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
And given that there's no fuel, that would indicate that that's a hydrazine fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
The roughly 1,000 pounds of hydrazine in the tank is pressurized to a frozen slush. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
Let me just tell you what they are -- nitrogen tetroxide and monomethel (ph) hydrazine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
(The shuttle also contained tanks of hydrazine, by the way, which didn't make it to earth). From Wordnik.com. [Bush/Cheney Administration Thinks We're Idiots] Reference
"If this operation is successful, the hydrazine will then no longer pose a risk to humans.". From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Insane Solution for a Falling Satellite] Reference
Now as you mentioned, the concern is this 1,000 pounds of toxic, frozen hydrazine propellant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 20, 2008] Reference
And, of course, that was the objective, was to destroy that thousand pounds of hydrazine fuel. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
USA 193 carries on board a tank of hydrazine, the fuel U.S. satellites use to change orbit in space. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
CHIAO: Well, you know, as you know, Miles, one of the propellants we use on the shuttle is hydrazine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2007] Reference
So they fire up what are called auxiliary power units, run on hydrazine, which power those hydraulics. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
Chances are it won't hit anyone, but if it does, its full tank of hydrazine fuel could be a deadly hazard. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2008] Reference
Could that, along with the risk from hydrazine, explain the administration's determination to destroy the bird?. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
The hydrazine cloud from USA 193's tank would, if released, diffuse over an area of roughly two football fields. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
A stealthy satellite, maneuvered by its hydrazine-fueled jets into a new orbit, could catch the bad guys unawares. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
And as a result, it had years and years worth of hydrazine just sitting in that spherical tank that never got used. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2008] Reference
There is a toxic brew on board those space shuttle, mono-methyl (ph) hydrazine, nitrogen tat oxide (ph), nasty stuff. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
"A Class III Flying Dutchman with overhauled atomics and hydrazine side-jets," Johnny said, waving the transfer order. From Wordnik.com. [Gold in the Sky] Reference
The microbes didn't use the hydrazine to launch themselves into orbit, but as an intermediate step in a larger process. From Wordnik.com. [Washing The Water] Reference
It means working on some plumbing that might carry traces of hydrazine, a highly toxic, corrosive, hypergolic chemical. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2003] Reference
Here were bugs that created hydrazine, an extremely unstable compound, used as rocket fuel, that is poison to most living things. From Wordnik.com. [Washing The Water] Reference
The agency would like the money to replace the old hydrazine power units with state of the art batteries, no special attire required. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2003] Reference
That is the combination of monomethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide which are hypergolic chemicals that are kept in separate places. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2006] Reference
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