Crew Dragon electrical power

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  1. bwilson4web

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    I was watching the operational mission docking to ISS and wondered, what power do modern spacecraft use?

    Source: Space Batteries go from Infinity to Even Further | designnews.com
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    I remember Apollo 13 when "stir the tank" and the oxygen tank exploded. We're not going back.

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    Tesla (car) Li ion batteries or something very similar are used I think. Photovoltaics on the trunk are lit only half the time while in orbit.

    ISS has oxygen tanks as any long duration mission needs. I guess they are not as near the edge of the engineering envelope as Apollo's were.

    BTW how is Musk doing with his covid?
     
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    all better. pulled a trump out of his hat. it's just a cold virus, right? :rolleyes:
     
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    Apollo to the moon had a very tight weight budget. And lead-acid batteries :). Were lithiums available then, they might not have gone so bleeding edge tech with the cryo systems.
     
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    Good genes and fully subscribed daily tasks.

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    yet they managed to slice a few strokes of golf - if memory serves ....
     
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    ... they must have sent a smaller, lighter astronaut on that trip ... ;)
     
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