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What about the international space station? (For some value of "built".)
by wahern 5y ago
What about the international space station? (For some value of "built".)
- dredmorbius 5y agoIt's an example. It is also not most buildings. (It is the most expensive building, however.) My "ever" referred to whether or not most buildings might ever be constructed in a vacuum. Clearly, some are, and it's all but certain that more will be.
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- ricardobeat 5y ago> It is the most expensive building, however It might have been topped by "the Great Mosque" (~100 billion USD): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram
- dredmorbius 5y agoInteresting, thanks.
- jazzyjackson 5y agomore of a ship than a building I would say, although its maneuverability leaves something to be desired
- dredmorbius 5y agoC'mon! It runs circles around virtually every ship ever built!
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoISS is not in Vacuum. Its only roughly 400km up and experiences constant drag
- wahern 5y agoI originally wrote, before submitting, 'For some value of "built" and "vacuum"' but figured that was too pedantic :) I figured the definition of "building" would be the greater sticking point.
- smilespray 5y agoNorman Foster championed the Boeing 747 as a great building in a BBC TV special. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01rqxwc https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01rqxwc
- dredmorbius 5y agoWhat is this "too pedantic" of which you speak?
- vnchr 5y agoI love this answer. I’m thankful for thoughtful people like you.
- landryraccoon 5y agoI'm going to have to be a bit pedantic here. The ISS is at an altitude where the air pressure is 10^-9 Torr, or about one ten-millionth as dense than the atmosphere at the surface of the earth. In laboratory terms, that's an ultra high vacuum which only specialized facilities on earth can achieve. I think that calling it Vacuum is perfectly reasonable, unless your standard for vacuum is deep interstellar space?