Reading The Martian and thinking about things like depressurisation – why does air from a higher concentration feel the need to rush through a small leak with enough force to rip or blow things apart instead of staying put?
What calls it from the vacuum for it to be so obsessed in doing so?
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Say you’re playing billiards. At the start of the game, the balls are racked. When someone takes the break shot, do the balls stay in the racked configuration or do they spread out across the table?
It’s the same with air molecules, except there is no felt on the table to slow them down.
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