Short story continues from prompt, “‘Old Man and the Sea’ but on the moon, with ladies”. For this week’s Science IRL, I talk about the delicate relationship between pressure & Oxygen
I always wondered why the Apollo 1 astronauts (or all of them for that matter) had 100% oxygen environments. Space, like the Sea, is dangerous and requires so much of humans to explore it. The character, courage, dedication, even patriotism as deep space exploration will still ultimately be state endeavors, is rarer today. That’s why your story is important for others to see why space is important not just for the scientific objectives but why flying out there is personally important to those people who risk their lives doing so.
Thank you for saying so re not knowing why suits have 100% O2--I’m very glad for the feedback that this is not something everyone knows! Also, I’m glad the more personal context is compelling. I’m hoping to make that true for the explorers themselves in the stories here, and to use the themes in both the fiction and IRL articles to ‘bring it home’ and show how it scientific exploration benefits society more broadly.
I always wondered why the Apollo 1 astronauts (or all of them for that matter) had 100% oxygen environments. Space, like the Sea, is dangerous and requires so much of humans to explore it. The character, courage, dedication, even patriotism as deep space exploration will still ultimately be state endeavors, is rarer today. That’s why your story is important for others to see why space is important not just for the scientific objectives but why flying out there is personally important to those people who risk their lives doing so.
Thank you for saying so re not knowing why suits have 100% O2--I’m very glad for the feedback that this is not something everyone knows! Also, I’m glad the more personal context is compelling. I’m hoping to make that true for the explorers themselves in the stories here, and to use the themes in both the fiction and IRL articles to ‘bring it home’ and show how it scientific exploration benefits society more broadly.