Just for reference this is the same/simmilar design as the mercury system. differrence being they used pure O2 at 5psi. that worked for missions up to gordon coopers 34hours and 20 minutes.
I am just struck by the similarity between what is happening now and the mercury 7 sub-orbital flight ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Carmack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [ERPS] KISS III Propulsion System Test > > > > >We ran a similar exercise here for Armadillo's life support system. > >We concluded that they didn't need one. The flight is so short, and > >the cabin so large, that CO2 levels won't rise to uncomfortable levels > >during the flight even if they don't scrub the air. We also > >determined that dumping the air overboard and replenishing it from on > >board tanks was simpler than scrubbing it, since they're going to > >bring the tanks along anyway, for redundancy. > > > >-R > > Our current thinking is to carry an air bottle, and intentionally let the > cabin leak a bit to force some air circulation, dehumidification, and > cooling. There will also be a hand-operated valve to force it to leak more > if you want to clear the air up any. > > John Carmack > > _______________________________________________ > ERPS-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
