• Akasazh@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster)

    They must’ve gotten a kick from that acronym. I do and I didn’t make it up.

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    Being able to electrolyse water on-the-spot seems interesting, its energy inefficient but serves a similar role to ion thrusters I guess

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      It might actually be more efficient than keeping cyrogenic hydrogen cooled if the mission takes multiple decades and you don’t need the fuel most of the time - for example in a Pluto orbiter

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        Yeah, cooling needs energy, could be very useful for very small satellites

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    This is cool as hell. But I feel like having a supply of potable water in space is kinda difficult?