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Re: Question about 7101
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:12:09 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.&stopspam&chem.tulane.edu
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> I think a Pod Race on the moon would be really boring, since turbojets don't
> work really well without an atmosphere. Well, OK, the moon does
> have an atmosphere, but it's got a pressure of about 0.2mm Hg (Sea level
> Terran average is 1013mm Hg) and it's sodium, not exactly good for it.
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Terran = Earth , The number is right, but the unit is wrong. On average pressure is
closer 1 atm (atmosphere), 760 mmHg, 760 Torr, 101.3 kPa (kilopascal), 1.013 Bar, or
1013 mBar (milibar).
Chris
PS Sodium atmosphere on the moon; I didn't know that.
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| (...) OK. For some reason, I grafted mmHg onto the milibar rating. That's what I get for forsaking chemistry and going to grad school for something else...;) Now I'm not sure if the lunar "pressure" (if it can be called that) is in mBar or mmHg. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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