That thing with the submersible shows we can’t even explore our own ocean without exploding.
To be fair, it’s much easier to build a capsule that can withstand 1 bar of negative pressure than to build a submarine that can withstand 350 bar of positive pressure.
Of course, the terrifying part with space flight is that your capsule then has to be strapped to a gigantic tower full of exploding rocket fuel designed to hurl you into space on a very specific trajectory with very small margins of error.
God, no. That thing with the submersible shows we can’t even explore our own ocean without exploding.
To be fair, it’s much easier to build a capsule that can withstand 1 bar of negative pressure than to build a submarine that can withstand 350 bar of positive pressure.
Of course, the terrifying part with space flight is that your capsule then has to be strapped to a gigantic tower full of exploding rocket fuel designed to hurl you into space on a very specific trajectory with very small margins of error.
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