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[fullmoon]

Is this quiet permanent? It's a little unnerving.

[ He means the literal quiet from the engines powering down, not the metaphorical quiet from the absence of overt disaster. The metaphorical quiet can stay. ]

Comments

[fullmoon]

If I'd been here as long as you I'd probably not be very optimistic either.
The technical aspects are all over my head, but someone should probably sort out how long we can last, if they haven't already.
Decide when we need to ration food or cut down on water usage.
If that would even matter.

[majestyofthethrone]

Well if the oxygen comes with the jump, then probably not very long.

ray of sunshine

[fullmoon]

What if we moved to the Oxygen Gardens & found a way to seal ourselves in?

so shiny

[majestyofthethrone]

We might last a little longer. It depends on the amount of O2 bleed.

[fullmoon]

Brilliant.

Though I suppose lasting a little longer is the most we ever have to hope for, anyway.

[majestyofthethrone]

Well, I'm hoping for more than a little.

[fullmoon]

Now who's an optimist?

[majestyofthethrone]

I really do want to live.

[fullmoon]

Do you know how to stop O2 bleed?


What is O2 bleed?

[majestyofthethrone]

It's officially called atmospheric escape, and it's sort of predicated on the notion that everything bleeds into a vacuum - the vacuum, in this case, being space. We don't have it on Earth because Earth is too big to lose atmosphere in significant quantities - I think it's 3kg of hydrogen and 20kg of helium, but I don't remember the exact numbers, per minute - so it doesn't effect us. But this ship is much smaller. Even sealed tight, we're bound to be losing some atmosphere, although we're presumably creating some O2 from the shipboard processes.

If those fail, it'll be up to engineering to figure out another route for how we'll survive.

Also, the amount of carbon dioxide we produce might overwhelm the O2 gardens. I could do the math, but-

[fullmoon]

But it would probably be best if it didn't come to that?

[majestyofthethrone]

Yes.