Talk:Devil's venom

Source refers to the "venom" being just RFNA

Two sources are on the article, one a tiny news site (pravda.ru, though may just appear as it's a translation of some other article), and the book The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword. The book has the quote

In addition, Korolyov was not happy about the use of oxidizers such as nitric acid, which he dubbed "the devil's venom," since it was extremely toxic and attacked metallic and synthetic materials in the engine and storage tank. The threat of inadvertent leaks and resulting fires was a risk that he did not want to take, compared to the manageable consequences of liquid-oxygen leaks.

Most recent "devil's venom" search results are about North Korea's ICBMs (though they use nitrogen tetroxide, which is "nicer" in that it isn't corrosive when dry.) Their quip usually refers to the 1960 disaster, but not sure where they're getting it from. Maybe WP:CITOGEN from Nedelin catastrophe?

-- atropos235 ✄ (blah blah, my past) 05:13, 9 October 2017 (UTC)