Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by jahewson on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @11:27PM
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Can be used to clear the cabin of smoke in the event of a fire.
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Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by userbinator on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:56AM
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Or in case of overpressure, which can be just as bad.
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by Grimburger on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:15AM
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You sure about that?
Humans regularly work at 30x atmospheric pressure and can probably go to 100x
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/32640/what-is-the-...
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by afterburner on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:19AM
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These seem to talk mostly about diving, where you breathe from a regulated air supply. I assume that air supply is not at 30-100x atmospheric pressure?
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by bboygravity on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:47AM
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If the air supply wouldn't be at a slightly higher pressure than that, the air would get sucked out of your lungs as far as I understand.
This is why dive tanks run out way way faster the deeper you go (around 1 hour at 18 meters deep and around 10 minutes at 30+ meters out the top of my head).
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by heavenlyblue on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:17AM
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Air supply is at that pressure, but they don't breathe the same mix as atmospheric air. Atmospheric air becomes narcotic at 4 atmospheres.
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by Grimburger on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:34PM
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The air is at that pressure, as is the surrounding water pressure on the human body.
We are remarkably good at handling higher pressures.
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by mattashii on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:33AM
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I don't think airplane hulls are designed for more than 1 Atm of pressure differential between cabin and the outside; according to the wikipedia article [0] on cabin pressurization normal values are between 540 and 690 hPa pressure differential are normal.
If the cabin has an overpressure event, the hull might pop like a balloon, leading to a decompression event.
Re:Divers Accidentally Find a Piece of the Challenger Space ...
by userbinator on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @09:35AM
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Exactly. The humans aren't the problem, it's the plane itself.