Hi Peter!

> Hmm. I remember that alkaline cells had a high power density but at $xk
> a mission I would have thought that other alternatives would have been
> interesting.

There were other factors mentioned such as reliability and leaks.

> Either that or the price label of alkaline D cells normal humans can buy
> has the decimal point misplaced by about two orders of magnitude to the
> left.

Well gee, yeah, normal humans buy two or four at a time. Call any battery
distributor and ask for 50k and you'll hear something different. Call the
manufacturer and ask for 5M and you'll hear something further different.
:)

Have a :) day!

jb

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