Re: On-Orbit Refueling Question

From: Derek Lyons (fairwater_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/23/04 

To: sci-space-tech@moderators.isc.org
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:28:24 GMT

"Cameron Dorrough" <cdorrough@nortonconsultants.com> wrote:

>They are called "isotainers"... And I, for one, cannot see any reason why
>you couldn't use a similar system for on-orbit refuelling (of course you'd
>still need an EVA to install it).

Depends on what you are (re-) fuelling. Isotainers work because there
is a common and reliable transport system and the fuel needs are on
the same order as the size of the container.

OTOH when you have built a truly large tank, you use a pipeline to
fill it.

D. 

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