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The ISS can tank micrometeorites just fine. They could put a hole straight through the ISS but the station is only pressurized to one atmosphere; the leak woul
by lupusreal 2y ago
The ISS can tank micrometeorites just fine. They could put a hole straight through the ISS but the station is only pressurized to one atmosphere; the leak would be slow and easy to patch. It wouldn't even be the first time they had a leak..
- GMoromisato 2y agoI assume that depends on the size of the micrometeoroid. Though I suppose any meteoroid large enough to destroy ISS would not be "micro". But maybe not.
- jncfhnb 2y agoWhy doesn’t that trigger explosive decompression? Just because it’s so small?
- kayodelycaon 2y agoYou easily fire several bullets into the skin of a typical airline fuselage and have no problems beyond air getting out. Explosive decompression requires much higher pressures or sufficiently weak materials. One atmosphere is not much of a difference. The only real danger is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_hammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_hammer which scales with volume of air escaping.
- jncfhnb 2y agoIs explosive decompression of a human occupied area of a space ship ever actually a concern then? Seems like the pressure difference could only ever be 1
- kayodelycaon 2y agoWell, if you end up with a hole large enough for explosive decompression, you're already screwed. Doesn't apply to planes because there is air outside. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243