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- From: jbayer@ispi.COM (Jonathan Bayer)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy,sci.environment,sci.space
- Subject: Re: opening of the first self-sufficient solar house, Press Release
- Message-ID: <2518@ispi.COM>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:18:49 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.081343.3495@quando.quantum.de> <1992Nov13.203038.28857@michael.apple.com> <1992Nov16.171017.28081@ke4zv.uucp> <1992Nov17.211228.1295@adobe.com>
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- Organization: Intelligent Software Products, Inc.
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- pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov16.171017.28081@ke4zv.uucp> gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes:
- >>Remember Apollo 13, the failure modes for these things includes
- >>BOOM! Also don't forget the electrolyzer, tankage, and pumps.
-
- >I thought the Apollo 13 failure was due to overheating a dewar,
- >something not proposed for this house project.
-
-
- The Appollo 13 failure was due to an oxygen tank being dropped during
- assembly into the service module. The drop was about three inches, and
- the tank was throughly test after it was dropped. However, a small tube
- apparently had been dislodged, and it wasn't detected during the
- testing. It was only functional in weightlessness. The tube was some
- sort of relief tube. When they turned on the internal mixers in flight
- (the mixers kept the O2 from clumping in one area) there was an
- explosion. These facts were determined after the flight and after
- extensive and exhaustive analysis and testing. When they released the
- service module they were able to see where the explosion had occurred.
-
- JB
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