If you mean to use it for space travel, may be xenon being an anaesthetic is a feature, not a bug?
It's a potent dissociative, you'll black out before you reach concentrations required for this purpose.
Re:Breath of God: Tripping on Xenon Gas
by BizarroLand on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:22PM
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I suppose that if we ever develop some sort of hypersleep/suspended animation or whatever we want to call it then being dissociated by a noble gas before the system kicks in might be a good idea.
You're in a rocket on top of thousands of tons of explosives, everything runs automatically, there's terrifying noise all around and you don't control anything.
Blacking out in dissociative euphoria still sounds like a feature, not a bug to me.
Why would there be noise and explosives?
Personally I'd prefer to not be put in a coma in such an environment.
Re:Breath of God: Tripping on Xenon Gas
by indoordin0saur on Thursday June 27, 2024 @01:31PM
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Sounds like you don't like a good time :-P
I had a similar experience recently. Massive turbulence on a commercial flight low over the continental divide flying into Denver.
I personally witnessed 3 people vomiting, but I was all smiles the whole time. I am in small planes a lot, so kind of enjoy the bumps when it’s someone else’s job to fly now.
chuckle maybe for the jaded frequent flyer, but if I go up in a rocket I wanna experience everything, even a blow up if it happens.
Re:Breath of God: Tripping on Xenon Gas
by NoMoreNicksLeft on Thursday June 27, 2024 @12:22PM
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What acceleration would be survivable in such a system? And wouldn't that cause the oxygen to pool and not be readily available for breathing?
This would require at least 150 atmospheres of pressure: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%281+g%2Fcm%5E3%29%2F%2.... You’re definitely well into the “would quickly kill a human” territory.
Re:Breath of God: Tripping on Xenon Gas
by indoordin0saur on Thursday June 27, 2024 @01:30PM
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Could you achieve this same effect suspended in a tank of water with a breathing mask?
Suspended in this gas, one could be subjected to much higher acceleration without injury, up the point that density differences in the body become important.