Message from @Edillon
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it’s not a perfect vacuum
Space is 10 to -17 tor value
smoke isn't necessary
space isn't a perfect vacuum
extreme pressure differential
no large area in the universe is
no but there's not a huge difference in pressure
simply put
if you go up to 100km
which is around where space is agreed to begin
but still has a thin atmosphere
it's not like
the air is pressurized at one atmosphere
and then immediately switches to a near perfect vacuum
^
There is stuff
Then there is less stuff
gravitational attraction pulls gases toward the earth, and the compression forces from the gasses on top
Then there is no stuff
provide higher pressure at sea level
and with less gas on top the higher up you go, the lower the pressure
in fact, the earth's atmosphere may extend, at an indescribably small thinness, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from sea level
But you get to a point in deep space
where the amount of matter in a given space
is so miniscule, that the degradation it causes in movement and orbits is negligible over any reasonable amount of time
in fact, the ISS has to perform periodical boosts to keep its orbit high enough every couple months
as it loses 2-4 m/s in that time frame from orbital degradation
as they are only I think 450 km or so above the surface, so there's still a little bit of atmosphere to be slowed down
The propellant is an oxidizer and creates its own chemical reaction to produce thrust.
but geosynchronous satellites, which are around 1500 km up, are more subject to gravitational forces from the moon than the atmosphere
it's basic physics
did you not
listen
to a single word that we just said
The largest vacuum chamber on earth takes 3 days to depressurize
Remember, if it doesn’t appeal to what you believe in, it’s automatically not real. @racecartacocat
and even then it doesn't compare to space.
well guess what
so