Station Math
Two station astronauts will each perform two 8-hour EVAs within 13 days to repair a damaged solar panel that was impacted by a micrometeoroid on the space station. What is the total amount of oxygen needed by the two astronauts to accomplish this? Please put your answer in kg units.
Background information: Each EMU contains 0.54 kilograms of oxygen and has oxygen tanks (similar to scuba diving tanks) that work with a carbon dioxide removal system to allow one 6-hour to 8.5-hour spacewalk. Without the ability to remove carbon dioxide, the oxygen in the tanks would run out more quickly, because much would be tied up in exhaled gas. The amount of oxygen consumed, and carbon dioxide produced by a crewmember is dependent on his/her metabolic rate.
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