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To: xxqqzz

I was taken aback when I read that it was made of carbon fiber..

You could make a spacecraft using carbon fiber and it would be quite robust but the environment at 2.5mi depth is a lot more hostile than the vacuum of space. spaceships are easy, submarines are hard.

The lunar lander’s thin metal skin was so weak you could jab a pencil through it... like a soda can.


9 posted on 06/22/2023 9:02:09 PM PDT by Bobalu (Ron DeSantis is the Bud Light of politics)
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The difference between space and undersea are significant.

To maintain human life in space you need about 14-15 psi internal pressure pushing out on the skin your vehicle. The external pressure pushing in on the skin of your vehicle at the Titanic is about 6000 psi.

That’s a totally different design element.


36 posted on 06/23/2023 3:34:24 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (The modern world demands that we approve what it should not even dare ask us to tolerate.)
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