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ISS is not in Vacuum. Its only roughly 400km up and experiences constant drag
by NikolaeVarius 5y ago
ISS 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?