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This reminds me of one of my favorite Futurama lines as their ship is going underwater: "Dear lord! That's over 150 atm of pressure!" "How many atmospheres ca
by gregmac 6y ago
This reminds me of one of my favorite Futurama lines as their ship is going underwater:
"Dear lord! That's over 150 atm of pressure!"
"How many atmospheres can the ship withstand?"
"We'll, it's a spaceship, so I'd say anywhere between 0 and 1."
https://youtu.be/Ewu-zHH5Qwg https://youtu.be/Ewu-zHH5Qwg
- WalterBright 6y agoSpace craft are run at much less than 1 atm.
- jccooper 6y agoThe ISS and all spacecraft that dock with it run at 1 atm. Which is nearly all currently flying spacecraft. (And probably Shenzhou does too, since it's basically a Soyuz.)
- WalterBright 6y agoI'm surprised. I read somewhere that Apollo etc. were at fractions of an atm.
- gspr 6y agoApollo-era spacecraft were at about a third of an atmosphere when in space.
- account42 6y agoThat doesn't change the fact that the external pressure they are designed for is 0 to 1.