Quote (Wyrmvater @ Jan 18 2012 10:29am)
im pretty sure we can build machines that don't collapse under pressure, after all, we did land on the moon
Going to do some quick research gimme a sec

As I said, don't know much about the topic, just interested and curious. There may be other factors as to why we don't have said machines for water but do for space, didn't even cross my mind LOL
"Water pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is more than 8 tons per square inch, the equivalent of one person trying to hold 50 jumbo jets."
"Pressure can result from molecules of air (or water) hitting you - there is no pressure in outer space where there are no molecules."
"You would read a pressure of about 1atm = 760 mm Hg of air pressure within the space craft. The pressure outside the space craft would still be essentially zero because the escaping air would quickly expand into an ever increasing volume. "
Just some stuff I dug up, not sure if it's anything to base a comparison off of though.
This post was edited by Xuven on Jan 17 2012 06:48pm