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▲ EuanReid 6 hours ago

I forget who said it, but there's a quote about how _of course_ we know more about space than the bottom of the ocean - in space we only have to deal with one atmosphere.

▲hermitcrab 6 hours ago | parent [-]

>only have to deal with one atmosphere.

A difference of one atmosphere?

▲notimetorelax 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There’s only one atmosphere of pressure from inside to outside. Under the sea the direction is reversed and pressure is much higher.

▲Tangurena2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The one atmosphere that telescopes are looking through. It is nowhere near as problematic as looking through seawater.

▲charcircuit 4 hours ago | parent [-]

But space telescopes exist where you don't have to deal with one atmosphere.