• TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Presumably they lower the pressure to boil the water instead of raising the temperature, I imagine to save power

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      7 days ago

      Also because heat management is very tricky in an environment like space. You can only radiate heat away, so there’s a risk of overheating the station