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> We didn't pump air into the lunar module from the Moon. We carried it from Earth pre-pressurized. Unless you're proposing we build and seal the Hyperloop tube
by hwillis 9y ago
> We didn't pump air into the lunar module from the Moon. We carried it from Earth pre-pressurized. Unless you're proposing we build and seal the Hyperloop tubes in space before bringing them down, the analogy isn't appropriate.
It absolutely is appropriate, since the module was emptied and filled each time the astronauts left.
> Modern nuclear attack submarines collapse around 730m. Since for "every 33 feet (10.06 meters) you go down, the pressure increases by 14.5 psi," we're talking about water pressure of about 1,000 psi or about 72 atm.
Yeah- so building a hyperloop is structurally as complicated as building a tube that sits 33 feet under water. Hardly sounds complicated when put like that.