Re: On Hydrogen Fuel

H2-PV NOW wrote:
Look at that big external tank that the shuttle and two solid rocket
boosters are strapped on. Now WHERE INSIDE do you fit that?

In the 1960s, the British developped technology to allow large amounts
of usable volume inside relatively small external volumes. They built a
phone booth with that technology as a prototype to showcase that
technology. It was often seen on the BBC.

If NASA were willing/able to licence this technology from the BBC, it
would be able to fit a lot more stuff inside the cargo bay. (but I think
that MASS would still be a limiting factor.)
.

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