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Okay, not sure if I missed that or if edited - either way this is a far different situation from maintaining a full vacuum.
by loceng 13y ago
Okay, not sure if I missed that or if edited - either way this is a far different situation from maintaining a full vacuum.
- lisper 13y agoThere's no such thing as a "full vacuum". 100 Pascals is 0.1% of atmospheric pressure at sea level. It's pretty frickin' close to a "full vacuum". If there's a leak anywhere in the tube you're boned.
- loceng 13y agoBy full vacuum I was referring to the conditions you have in space. And no - when you have even a slight allowance for a margin of 'error' or leakage - that's all you need to balance things out. And if the leakage is higher, it's a matter of efficiencies reducing - not complete failure.