• Zerush@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    No, space is hard because of radiation and great distances, but a hole in the hull of the ship, for example due to a micro meteorite, can even be covered with a piece of duct tape. A hole in the hull of a submarine however is a catastrophe, if it does not directly cause the hull to implode, the water that enters has enough pressure to cut you in two.

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      5 months ago

      The current “space” we go into, tends to have a tinny amount of atmosphere. (1.322×10-11 Pa according to some random top result on Google)
      So if you want to keep inside conditions at around 1 atm for a human to stay, that’s all the difference you need to keep, and a duct tape might work.

      But the void I refer to, is very different.
      Think:

      • Vaporising metals
      • Theoretical quantum bubble formation

      Normal spacecrafts made for “space”, might even have their outer surface constantly being diffused in the void.


      Disclaimer: I’m not a space nerd. The above is just speculation

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        5 months ago

        Sure, but doesn’t the outer surface diffusing apply to the friction of water against a submarine’s hull too? No clue about theoretical quantum bubbles, but it doesn’t seem like anything that would affect spaceships in particular.

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          friction of water against a submarine’s hull

          I can’t say for sure, but I feel like the affect due to said friction would be much lower, considering we are managing solid-solid friction in a lot of places.

          theoretical quantum bubbles

          Yeah, that’s not relevant. Just added that to clarify which “void” I’m talking about.


          The vaporising metals problem, I think might be alleviated by covalent bonding materials, so polymers? But not sure about that either.

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