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Oct 06, 2017

Inuit say ‘nyet’ to toxic splash from Russian rockets

Laura Pyle

Inuit in Canada and Greenland are calling on Ottawa and Copenhagen to demand the postponement of a Russian rocket launch scheduled to deliver a European Space Agency satellite to orbit next week and look for alternative launch vehicles that use non-toxic propellants for any future launches. The l

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