What would happen if an astronaut on a space walk had an empty rubber ballon and filled it with air? Would it just take less air to fill or would it pop with just adding the slightest amount of air?
In: Planetary Science
“Air pressure” in the earth’s atmosphere is 1 bar absolute.
In space there’s no pressure, so the pressure is 0 bar absolute.
Inflating a balloon in space gives the same result as inflating a balloon on earth with a pressure that’s 1 bar higher.
It’s about pressure difference inside the balloon Vs outside the balloon.
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