Timeline for The Expanse: Sustained Gs during space travel
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| Aug 11, 2022 at 14:03 | history | edited | AcePL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 5, 2022 at 15:13 | comment | added | AcePL | @PeterM You mean when ship is depressurized? Then yeah, you're right. But what of it? | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 14:58 | comment | added | Peter M | @AcePL If there is zero atmosphere on both sides of the skin, then how is the net force not zero? | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 14:53 | comment | added | AcePL | @PeterM "@AcePL When atmosphere is released on a space ship the forces on the skin reduce to zero" That statement violates several laws of physics. Of course, space ship can be constructed so that atmo pressure can be counteracted, but what you said is wrong. But as I wrote earlier, I shall edit that section so that what I meant will be clearer. | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 14:15 | comment | added | Peter M | @AcePL When atmosphere is released on a space ship the forces on the skin reduce to zero - the opposite of your rail car example. And because of the internal structure of a space ship, a torpedo exploding nearby is not going to cause the same effect as popping a balloon, it will simply vent the atmosphere. And any ship designer building warships in space is going to construct them around multiple air-tight compartments in order to minimize such venting in the same way that modern day warships have multiple watertight compartments to help prevent sinking when the hull is breached. | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 13:58 | comment | added | AcePL | @PeterM I believe I used this as an example of what happens when atmo is removed from one side of equation, not focusing on interior. ANd yes, it will act as a balloon, but it still needs reinforcing. Elastic skin helps keep everything inside (like human in vacuum), but hard shell means something different... And sub is resilient, but what happens when torpedo explodes nearby? | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 13:46 | comment | added | Peter M | Your rail car example is disingenuous. A spaceship acts as a balloon not a vacuum vessel, and there are no issues with things like the ISS enduring a single atmosphere's worth of pressure. The equivalent to your rail car is a submarine - which we can easily build to withstand 30 atmospheres of external pressure. | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 13:23 | comment | added | AcePL | @mattdm But what g-force ISS is experiencing? But I get your meaning, will edit for better clarification. | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 13:11 | comment | added | mattdm | The dust issue makes sense, but I'm not following you about the atmosphere. I mean... spacenews.com/beam-module-fully-expanded-on-space-station | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 11:51 | history | answered | AcePL | CC BY-SA 4.0 |