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Why would you want to store your propellant water separately as O2 and H rather than as water? You'd have to react it to turn it into water, water is pretty ine
by scrumper 8y ago
Why would you want to store your propellant water separately as O2 and H rather than as water? You'd have to react it to turn it into water, water is pretty inert, there's no mass advantage (more of a problem than volume). What am I missing?
- nkrisc 8y agoI was thinking of volume, but if the craft doesn't need to ever be in an atmosphere then that wouldn't be an issue as I had first thought.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoA bigger volume might even be an advantage - easier to turn your ship if you can mount engines far from the center of mass. Plus, built in shielding.