nycsingletrack
nycsingletrack t1_itblhno wrote
Reply to Odd area in my basement by NoMuffinForYou
How old is the house? Possibly there’s an old furnace or water tank with asbestos insulation, and encapsulating it was cheaper than abatement. In some places this is legal (but not disclosing it when you bought might be illegal depending on state).
nycsingletrack t1_j224dio wrote
Reply to comment by waamoandy in Historic first launch of Chinese private methane-fueled rocket ends in failure by returnofjuju
There was also a launchpad explosion that killed a large number of ground crew and observers.
Google “Nedelin catastrophe”
Also “Plesetsk launch pad disaster”