Absolutely, and for a national security type payload that’s both a requirement and enough to make a decision.
That’s a limited market though. I won’t eat my hat, but I will be surprised if for example Viasat would choose to go on Ariane.
Absolutely, and for a national security type payload that’s both a requirement and enough to make a decision.
That’s a limited market though. I won’t eat my hat, but I will be surprised if for example Viasat would choose to go on Ariane.
When you can get a mature and reliable rocket faster for less money, the value proposition for Ariane 6 starts looking pretty weak.
You’re right, the Apollo 1 was significantly higher pressure. Didn’t know that. 😲 Makes somewhat more sense they could keep a pure oxygen atmosphere even after the accident.
Also, calculating partial pressures in psi is really annoying.
With 100% oxygen you will be fine down to 4 psi or so. Mixed gas would need substantially higher pressure and that would likely make those suits too stiff to move.
Even the command module was pure oxygen at 5 psi. There was the Apollo 1 fire, but otherwise I don’t remember that there were any major issues.
Read your comment, thought well that sucks and proceeded to do exactly the same 🤦♂️