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I may be mixed up, but I think she's part of his family ...
Oops, here we go: https://www.tigerknight.com/99/2020-02-16
His sister it seems ...
Oops, here we go: https://www.tigerknight.com/99/2020-02-16
His sister it seems ...
Glitter getting everywhere with the various air currents could easily cause shorts in the electrical system, as well as fouling up the air ducts and fans unless the astronauts continually clean and replace the air filters almost daily. So potentially, a 'glitter bomb' could either cripple or even damage the ISS pretty nastily.
Actually glitter bombs in the space station carry more hazards than just fouling up the air ducts and fans and what not. The primary reason that glitter, particularly the higher quality glass-flake glitter, likes to stick to literally everything is because of static cohesion. Not only would it stick in the fans and filtration systems, but it would coat quite literally every possible surface that it can touch, inhibiting friction.
Glitter particles would find their way into unsealed bearing surfaces and cause them to come to a halt.
They would get into the sealing joints of the EVA suits, rendering them unable to properly hold pressure and effectively turning them into death traps.
They would slip into the bulkheads of the airlocks every time they're opened and closed, decreasing the atmospheric integrity and slowly venting air out of the station.
It would get into electrical systems and cause not only shorts, but also fires and malfunctions as switches and buttons become jammed.
Sunlight coming through a window and striking the reflective surface would act like a flash-bang grenade, blinding the astronauts on board and causing the interior of the station to start heating up.
Anything that doesn't cohere to a surface will, naturally, begin clumping up in free-air due to static forces, creating visual obstructions(this was recently demonstrated on accident by the astronauts up there I believe last year using coffee grounds. Fortunately, they were properly sealed in a bag still.).
Anything that doesn't clump up in the air with other particles will suspend freely and be nearly invisible until light strikes it(causing the aforementioned flashbang effect), where it can easily be inhaled.
The astronauts would suddenly be in an environment filled with millions of tiny projectiles all moving at approximately 18,000 miles per hour in random directions. Anything they impact would immediately be damaged; panels, trays, screens, metal surfaces, astronauts skin, and most frighteningly, the acrylic viewing panels that separate the cozy pressurized cabin from certain death. Most people remember the tiny, 1mm wide paint-flake that came off a surface back about a decade ago and created a crater half a centimeter deep straight into a window.
A glitter-bomb on the ISS would actually completely destroy it in a matter of hours. Sadly, it also would most likely mean certain death for anyone on board as well.
Glitter particles would find their way into unsealed bearing surfaces and cause them to come to a halt.
They would get into the sealing joints of the EVA suits, rendering them unable to properly hold pressure and effectively turning them into death traps.
They would slip into the bulkheads of the airlocks every time they're opened and closed, decreasing the atmospheric integrity and slowly venting air out of the station.
It would get into electrical systems and cause not only shorts, but also fires and malfunctions as switches and buttons become jammed.
Sunlight coming through a window and striking the reflective surface would act like a flash-bang grenade, blinding the astronauts on board and causing the interior of the station to start heating up.
Anything that doesn't cohere to a surface will, naturally, begin clumping up in free-air due to static forces, creating visual obstructions(this was recently demonstrated on accident by the astronauts up there I believe last year using coffee grounds. Fortunately, they were properly sealed in a bag still.).
Anything that doesn't clump up in the air with other particles will suspend freely and be nearly invisible until light strikes it(causing the aforementioned flashbang effect), where it can easily be inhaled.
The astronauts would suddenly be in an environment filled with millions of tiny projectiles all moving at approximately 18,000 miles per hour in random directions. Anything they impact would immediately be damaged; panels, trays, screens, metal surfaces, astronauts skin, and most frighteningly, the acrylic viewing panels that separate the cozy pressurized cabin from certain death. Most people remember the tiny, 1mm wide paint-flake that came off a surface back about a decade ago and created a crater half a centimeter deep straight into a window.
A glitter-bomb on the ISS would actually completely destroy it in a matter of hours. Sadly, it also would most likely mean certain death for anyone on board as well.
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