Re: cheap lunar gear & base (spin-off of superhero flight)

In article <dea604ts38c20diurgshbamr02sri0ctk0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Leonard Erickson <shadow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:45:07 GMT, Bryan Derksen
> <bryan.derksen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >Leonard Erickson wrote:
> >> So first need is some sort of relatively cheap, easy to obtain
> >> container that can hold a 1 bar pressure difference.
> >> 
> >> Any chance that any of the amo cases or the like you can find at gun
> >> shows might work?
> >
> >A pressure cooker is the first thing that comes to mind. 
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_cooker
says most standard
pressure 
> >cookers sold in the US can hold a one-atmosphere difference and there's

> >probably a goodly safety margin there.
> 
> They tend to be inconveniently small, and a sub optimal shape.

What are you trying to store? (I wandered in late...)

Pressure canners are pretty much the same thing as a cooker sans some of 
the decoration, a 40qt model would have an interior volume of a cylinder 
about 15" dia. x 14" tall.