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But then again, don't most materials work better in compression than in tension ?

• samwillis 3y ago
  To some extent but the stark difference in pressures makes it inherently a different problem. It's actually easer to build a balloon than a compressible can. 0.5mm hole in a space craft is a slow leek you can fill with epoxy (it's happened). The same in a sub at the depth of the Titanic, there is no fix and it's not a 0.5mm hole, it's an implosion.
  • euroderf 3y ago
    I hope this means we'll get a Chesley Bonestell -style space wheel in our lifetimes.