I think some of the confusion with this topic is comparing atmospheric pressure to contained pressure - pressurized gas in a sealed container. Atmospheric pressure is generated by weight. I'd compare it more to the ocean, where pressure increases with depth due to weight.

just gonna go deep into number with pressure differential

or have some reason to believe gravity isn't real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz95_VvTxZM

I’ll let strike go on ahead.

@Drewski4343 Be talking to you later. 😎

Looking forward to it, my dude! 😉

over small scales yes, atmospheric pressure will force air into areas of lower pressure. but on a large scale the force of gravity can overcome the force of atmospheric pressure and create compression

alright I'm not gonna go into my whole vacuum schpiel

except basically the strongest vacuum here on EARTH is 10^-6 torr, the chambver requires 10ft of concrete walls to prevent implosion

outer space is 10^-17 torr... thats over 1,000,000x stronger

spacecraft walls are less than 1/2in thick aluminum alloys

not to mention earths upper atmosphere is ~2000C, which is WAY HIGHER than the melting point of aluminum]

of course you're gonna get large numbers, you're approaching zero

yes but the multiplier is the key here

this is exponential stuff just like pH numbers

as you get a stronger vacuum you're just pulling out smaller and smaller amounts of air

but more strongly

it has a pretty negligible effect at that point

Oh, the thermosphere temp? temperature doesn't mean much that far out because gas density is so low.

alright I know you guys won't listen to the vacuum argument thats why i wanted to avoid it

even with a complete vacuum the strongest force you could ever get is 1 atmosphere of pressure

ofc temperature doesnt mean anything either ;)))) I know buddy, obviously temperature in a vacuum means nothing too ;))))

because the pressure comes from the air outside

lets go back to the basics

not from the vacuum inside

how about the principle of WATER that it always finds its level

how does that relate to this at all?

its very simple

if we agree about temp, I'm not sure why it was brought up then...

water ALWAYS finds its level, bodies of water always seek LEVEL (horizontal)

earth is 70%+ water

why do you think that is though?

why do you think water flows to the lowest point?

I brought temp up because spacecraft cannot physically survive the harsh conditions we're presented

my point is

I'd agree with you. water on a globe is also level

in a vacuum there's very little air to transfer heat

so while the temperature may be very high the actual energy contained within that area will be low

waterALWAYS finds level, even at 120,000fty altitude