|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Dyna Soar maximum seating capacity...
|
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Dyna Soar maximum seating capacity...
On Jul 10, 4:42 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote: Maybe. I suspect a lot could be done by simply opening a few hatches to the vacuum of space and letting the tank air out and bake for a few weeks. But would all the kerosene boil off completely? Or would it leave some sort of non-volatile residues behind? Probabably *something* would be left behind. But after a few weeks of hard vacuum and high temepratures, it wouldn't be much. |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Dyna Soar maximum seating capacity...
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message ... Jeff Findley wrote: Compared to an S-IVB based workshop (e.g. Skylab), that would be freaking huge. I'd think that cleaning out the kerosene tank would be a bit messy, but even if you didn't bother doing anything with the kerosene tank, that LOX tank is freaking huge by itself! The nice part about the LOX/LH2 propellants of the S-II and S-4B stages is that the propellants would boil off cleanly after a few orbits if the tanks were vented. True, and you'd still have the full 33 foot diameter to play in. I'm thinking of the S-ID stage-and-a-half first stage with F-IA engines and stretched tanks, an S-II stage with J-2S engines and stretched tanks, and a full 33 foot diameter payload/station/power module on top with multiple docking ports for visiting crews, cargo delivery, and future expansion. Something like the core module of this: http://www.astronautix.com/craft/spaebase.htm Jeff -- A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Dyna Soar maximum seating capacity... | [email protected] | Policy | 8 | July 10th 08 11:53 AM |
Dyna-Soar?! | Pat Flannery | History | 4 | January 20th 06 02:29 AM |
Dyna Soar and X-33 and MOL, oh my! | Scott Lowther | History | 7 | May 24th 04 06:45 AM |
X 20 Dyna Soar | Rich Godwin | History | 5 | September 18th 03 07:47 PM |
X 20 Dyna Soar | Rich Godwin | Space Science Misc | 0 | September 16th 03 04:35 AM |