2006-11-14 12:30:35 · 2 answers · asked by barkar21 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
They are light which has obvious advantages, but they do not do well in cycling temperatures and have a lifetime that is independent of how often they cycle. As such they would not be useful for any long life (> a year or two) space application (which most are since launch costs are so large), though I suppose a system that would need to cycle the batteries frequently (say periodic bursts of power fairly often) they might be useful.
I guess they would be useful in a launcher because of the weight savings.
They are pretty new to the flight qualified scene and I don't know much about them so the above is speculation.
2006-11-14 14:41:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-17 17:54:11 · answer #2 · answered by gone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋