Comment on Exploration
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 4 months agoThe 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
yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 4 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.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 4 months ago
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.
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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