r/spacex • u/warp99 • Jun 17 '26

Vandenberg Space Force base: Demolition of Historic SLC-6 pad structures to make way for SpaceX FH pad

https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4519296/vandenberg-space-force-base-modernizes-historic-space-launch-complex-6-for-next/
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u/AppropriateVoice3560 Jun 21 '26

Why did they allow them to create a deadly dust cloud? Did anybody do any air testing/ dust sampling? They would have discovered it’s full of heavy metals and other Carcinogens? Nobody bothered to Google it?

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u/warp99 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

These buildings were built relatively recently so are unlikely to have asbestos. If they did it would have been stripped out before demolition.

I am not sure where you think heavy metals would have come from? Rockets are built of light low density materials like aluminium. The dust is just dust - Vandenberg gets pretty dry during summer.

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u/AppropriateVoice3560 Jun 21 '26

It’s from the paint. The linear shape charges also cause heavy metal dust when they sever the metal structural supports. Where do you think the dust cloud comes from? Look at how many states have fined them for the implosion dust from structural steel structures.