metal or ceramic foam

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Thread: metal or ceramic foam

# 14793 byArthur P. Smith on May 22, 2001, 9:26 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

>
> >Can anyone give a rough estimate of the mass of a lunar mass driver?
> I presume
>
> [...]
> Electrical component total mass 53 tons

When I last looked at it the worst problem seemed to be for the
energy storage component - capacitors being a common choice,
but to store that much energy for quick release you need a lot of them...
Is that what this "electrical component" mass consisted of here?

Arthur