Habitat air composition

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Thread: Habitat air composition

# 14448 byCombs, Mike on March 26, 2001, 9:55 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

Speaking of
'filler' gasses, what would space habitats do about
this? I've heard that they may just use oxygen and
pretty much have no flammable materials, but I find
that unlikely. Is it? O'Neill recommended an atmosphere around 1/2 sea level pressure, with the O2 percentage doubled, and the N2 reduced accordingly. That would significantly reduce the amount of N2 otherwise needed, but the air would still be over 1/2 N2. Savage and Zubrin make far less conservative assumptions, going for even less pressure and even greater O2 concentrations.

Regards,

Mike Combs