Lithium-ion technology has revolutionized the electronics industry including space applications. Energy content is increasing while cell level safety has not kept pace. A battery fire in space poses a much bigger threat to the crew than an equivalent fire does on the ground.
Lithium ion Batteries Cell-to-Cell Propagation Risk for Crewed Space Flight
European Space Power Conference ; 2019 ; Juan-Les-Pins, FR
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English
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