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The propellant tanks don’t leak, the combustion products aren’t corrosive. Designing spacecraft is like “does this material ever outgas anything which might af
by colechristensen 4y ago
The propellant tanks don’t leak, the combustion products aren’t corrosive.
Designing spacecraft is like “does this material ever outgas anything which might affect other parts? I guess we can’t use it” much less leaky propellant tanks.
- robocat 4y ago> the combustion products aren’t corrosive Nitpick: if the chemical combustion is perfectly efficient, there are no corrosive byproducts or remainder.
- bernulli 4y agoNitnitpick: and we know it isn’t and the corrosive propellants will contaminate surfaces: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a588174.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a588174.pdf