Heike asked this question about Project Hail Mary:
Scientific question - please do not read if you have not already read the book! : : : One of the main problems is things escaping, but luckily they are not nitrogen resistant. But how could they escape in the first place when air in human environment is naturally 79% nitrogen? Did I miss something? He used an oxygen mask when he was injured, his air is not 100% oxygen in general. Then what it is made of?
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Keylime Re: O2 mask - yeah, not sure. The atmosphere did kinda get screwed up in there, what with the high pressure bad air that shot through not once but twi ...more
Feb 23, 2021 12:05PM · flag
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Heike We should invite Andy Weir to this discussion, since he is good with numbers! *lol*
Feb 23, 2021 02:05PM · flag
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