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They expel the Hydrazine(N2H4) fuel out of a spherical Ti tank by inflating a rubber balloon that involve Teflon inside the tank using helium supply. I guess N2H4 was potent enough to degrade even those space age materials.

1: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19810001583/downloads/19...




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