[FPSPACE] Technical question regarding CO2 Scrubbers and Oxygen Generators

[David M Harland]

At 10:55 am -0400 20/3/08, Kosmos327 at aol.com wrote:
>Technical Question:
>
>In Russian/Soviet spacecraft, are CO2 Scrubbers and Oxygen Generators  one
>and the same thing?
>

Forgot to say that there are also VIKA candles that release oxygen 
when 'burned' - one of these started the fire in the Kvant 1 module 
of Mir.

Long ago, the Russians also used use-once CO2 scrubbers (the 
equivalent of Apoll's LiOH cans).


dmh




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