Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A question that sometimes comes up is how dangerous an air leak on a spaceship is? Will a tiny hole cause the destruction of the entire station due to the 'infinite vacuum of space'? How long do you have to fix a problem or abandon ship?
These are all things you can calculate.

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