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Re:Ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid by jamiek88 on Monday March 15, 2021 @03:05AM (#26463240)
Also, was how the lunar rover handled cooling. Big block of wax used as a radiator. Well, not radiator exactly!
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Re:Ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid by msl on Monday March 15, 2021 @03:16AM (#26463311)
I don't think the LM used wax for thermal management, but the Lunar Roving Vehicle did, as a "thermal capacitor" [1]. That is, heat was stored in a block of wax while driving, and then radiated away between uses.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Roving_Vehicle#Wheels_an...

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Re:Ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid by jamiek88 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:44PM (#26484717)
That’s what I said. Lunar rover.
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