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How does one pressurize the cabin in a serious vacuum tube? How long will it take and will there be special requirements to adjust pressures for travelers in su
by pistle 12y ago
How does one pressurize the cabin in a serious vacuum tube?
How long will it take and will there be special requirements to adjust pressures for travelers in such devices?
Is this not essentially equivalent to going for a ride in the space station for us out of shape schlubs?
- headcanon 12y agoFrom the article, it doesn't appear to be a full vacuum tube, just much lower pressure, which airplanes have been protecting their passengers against for years. Also, the reason astronauts need to be so physically fit is not because the environment outside their ships is a vacuum, its because they have to be able to handle the immense g-forces of launch and reentry, as well as be able to operate in micro-gravity, which wouldnt apply here.