Hydrogen fuel cells power the shuttle's electrical systems, producing a clean byproduct - pure water, which the crew drinks. A fuel cell combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, heat, and water. Fuel cells are often compared to batteries. Both convert the energy produced by a chemical reaction into usable electric power.
Boardman is a city in Morrow County, Oregon, United States on the Columbia River and Interstate 84. As of the 2010 census the population was 3,220. It is part of the PendletonâHermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Boardman was homesteaded in 1903, by Samuel Herbert Boardman, the first Superintendent of the Oregon State Parks System. The town was incorporated in 1927. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.2 kmÂ²), of which, 3.6 square miles (9.3 kmÂ²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (0.9 kmÂ²) of it (9.14%) is water.
Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Clark County.According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's estimate in July of 2008, the city has a population of 163,186, making it the fourth largest city in the state.ancouver has two interstate freeways, I-5 and I-205, both of which run northâsouth, into Portland, Oregon. It also has two heavily travelled state highways within the city limits. SR 14 begins at I-5 in downtown Vancouver and makes its way east. It is a freeway all the way until Camas.