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- From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Sabatier reactor? (was Re: Oxygen in Biosphere 2)
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 15:51:04 -0500
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- References: <1993Jan18.210924.25797@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1993Jan21.001849.27895@riacs.edu> <C16M2y.4uJ@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au>
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- In article <C16M2y.4uJ@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (George Michaelson) writes:
- |Does CH4 have any role inside a space station apart from making it
- |smell farty?
- |
- | refrigerant gas?
- | cooking :-) yes... I know it makes C02...
- |
- |Failing which would venting to space or using as supplement to position holding
- |rocketry be worth the effort?
- |
-
- Well, There was a plan to use it for stationkeeping but the SSF management
- wienered out. SOmebody told them because it hadn't been done it
- couldn't be done.
-
- I imagine, heating would be somewhat difficult.
-
- pat
-