The drums were just large tubes of sheet magnesium, in which about everything that each man would need was compactly stowed: Archer Five, bubb, sun-powered ionic drive motor, air-restorer, moisture-Reclaimer, flasks of oxygen and water, instruments, dehydrated foods, medicines, a rifle, instruction manuals, a few clothes, and various small, useful items.
"The Planet Strappers"
Raymond Zinke Gallun
Then he crept through the double sealing flaps of the airlock, to install the air-restorer and the moisture-Reclaimer in the circular, tunnel-like interior that would now be his habitation.
"The Planet Strappers"
Raymond Zinke Gallun