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Old 02-August-2007, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JayUtah View Post
To my knowledge there were no sublimators on the vehicles themselves, though I could be wrong.

The Apollo CSM ECS did not use a sublimator. It did, however, incorporate an auxiliary chiller in the form of a glycol evaporator. It works according to many of the same principles as a sublimator.
As he did indicate vehicles (plural), didn't the LM use a sublimator?
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