Derek Lyons wrote:
*Anytime* a primary system is OOC, especially when it's a chronic
condition (as it seems to be with Elektron), alarm bells should be
ringing so loud as to crack the windows.

Has it occured to anyone that unless and until they do find a solution to the
problem, no amount of sending up new Elektrons will resolve the situation ?

If they want to eventually have a reliable Elektron system, the best course to
take is to really debug the current unit to find out, through repeated
experiences, what works and what doesn't and why it fails.

If there is degradation of the unit, they have to find out what portion is
degrading.

In a closed loop system, systems such as elektron are critical. And if man is
ever going to go to mars, knowing how to build field servicable, simple and
more importantly reliable systems that handle gas and liquids is extremely important.

If they manage to make elektron reliable on ISS, it will perhaps be the ISS's
largest contribution in terms of space research. Watching crystals grow won't
get us to mars and beyond. Finding a way to generate oxygen reliably will.