2/ This is what we were planning to do circa 1978pic.twitter.com/q0lCBd0Lwf
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13/ The EFT was designed for an operating internal pressure of 22 psi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tank … The ISS has an internal pressure of 14.7 psi Skylab has a pressure of 5.0 psi.https://twitter.com/Pipboypope/status/1352223730965987330 …
14/ an EFT space station would not have just exploded To be sure, things are always much more difficult in theory than in practice. How stable is EFT foam in vacuum and UV light for 20 yrs? How do the equipment hatches work? How do you connect power from outside to in?
15/ Here's the canonical study. 171 pages of hard data. http://ssi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ssi_externaltanks_gimarc.pdf …
There has to be reasons other than bureaucratic conniving. I really just want to believe these modules had a small chance to violently explode and not some dickhead in Washington's inlaw was on the boeing board of directors.
oh, dear. Skylab was not wet, you're aware, yes?
Skylab launched dry on a Saturn V with the equipment already installed. Much better than trying to install gear on an ET while wearing spacesuits. If it wasn't for Shuttle we'd've given Skylab a boost to keep it flying, and upgraded it over the years.
yep, I know all about this. Skylab was DESIGNED as a wet workshop, but was flown as a dry workshop.
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