re: Fuel Cells

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re: Fuel Cells

Raoul — 1/2/2004 11:20:40 AM (archived)

I agree.
But how about putting Fuel Cells in the LM rather than a battery?
It would have weighed less and allowed for a full week stay on the Moon surface!
Of course, I've read that the spacesuits would not have been able to withstand more than 6 or 8 moonwalks (because of the dust) and the fuel cell technology wasn't as reliable as the batteries.
And the Sun heat on the LM for a full week....
That would have been stretching luck quite far!

Raoul

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"Problems with Mars probes? The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves" - Mark Eby - 12/31/2003 7:17:52 PM
- Money alone isn't the solution - Larry J - 12/31/2003 8:03:55 PM
  - FBC seems to have been tossed by the wayside. - Lee - 1/1/2004 7:21:08 AM
    - Price alone isn't a good measure of FBC - Larry J - 1/1/2004 5:43:26 PM
    - FBC is a scam idea - ebnelson - 1/1/2004 3:55:53 PM
      - Clinton didn't want to waste money on Space Exploration - Gary - 1/1/2004 8:25:48 PM
      - Pure Baloney - Mark Eby - 1/1/2004 4:41:47 PM
        
        re: Yes - Raoul - 1/1/2004 4:55:51 PM
  - Some Things You Overlooked - Markk Eby - 12/31/2003 9:44:17 PM
    - re: Some Things You Overlooked - Larry J - 1/1/2004 12:20:30 AM
      - re: Some Thing You're Wrong About - Chris Vancil - 1/1/2004 10:39:28 AM
        
        Nope - Larry J - 1/1/2004 5:32:07 PM
        
        re: Name some Apollo hardware influenced in design by Gemini hardware...Gemini and Apollo where parallel...reread your own post! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2004 8:30:57 AM
        
        Well, let's see... - Larry J - 1/2/2004 4:30:19 PM
        
        re: Yes, let's see... - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2004 5:48:34 PM
        
        You're going to need a life support system... - Larry J - 1/2/2004 7:53:46 PM
        
        re: You're going to need a life support system... - Chris Vancil - 1/3/2004 9:27:27 PM
        
        re: Spacesuits - Raoul - 1/2/2004 11:06:25 AM
        
        re: Nope, two limbs on a branch of the spacesuit tree... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2004 5:21:40 PM
        
        We can go incrementally to Mars and bypass the Moon - Gary - 1/1/2004 8:14:42 PM
        
        Perhaps we can. I don't believe we should. - Larry J - 1/2/2004 4:48:38 PM
        
        re: Perhaps we can. I don't believe we should. - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2004 5:55:11 PM
        
        A simple guestion - Buster - 1/2/2004 5:18:42 PM
        
        Target fixation - Larry J - 1/2/2004 8:00:43 PM
        
        So your solution is to fixate on the Moon instead or focus on nothing? - Buster - 1/2/2004 8:45:39 PM
        
        I don't know where you got that idea - Larry J - 1/3/2004 3:33:20 PM
        
        re: Spaceship - Raoul - 1/2/2004 11:06:24 PM
        
        False Premise - Mark Eby - 1/1/2004 6:08:26 PM
        
        re: Tests - Raoul - 1/1/2004 8:31:51 PM
        
        re: Tests - Mark Eby - 1/1/2004 10:15:05 PM
      - re: Some Things You Overlooked - Mark Eby - 1/1/2004 3:53:44 AM
        
        Apollo was an end in itself - Larry J - 1/1/2004 6:04:30 PM
        
        re: Apollo was an end in itself - Andrew - 2/18/2004 7:55:12 PM
        
        re: Apollo was an end in itself - Andrew - 2/18/2004 7:55:02 PM
        
        re: Fuel Cells - Raoul - 1/2/2004 11:20:40 AM
        
        Maybe It's Just Semantics - Mark Eby - 1/1/2004 6:21:33 PM
        
        re: Some Things You Overlooked - Raoul - 1/1/2004 9:17:09 AM
        
        re: Some Things You Overlooked - Mark Eby - 1/1/2004 4:36:58 PM
- Key quote - Gary - 12/31/2003 7:29:50 PM

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