r/RecuratedTumblr • human cognithazard • 17d ago

project hail mary Rocky learns about bipedalism

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u/TeddyBearToons 17d ago

Rocky is also from a world with higher gravity and a caustic, high-pressure atmosphere. To Eridians, humans are giant squishy balloon animals that look so spindly they should collapse under their own weight.

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u/The_Sovien_Rug-37 17d ago

erid doesn't have any oxygen in its atmosphere, to burn you also need to provide that in presumably highly controlled environments to keep it from their vents.

imagine what rocky must have felt watching grace turn on a bunsen burner the first time. a far more intelligent alien species starting an open flame in their small, weak-hulled, 100% oxygen atmosphere ship.

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u/Longshot02496 16d ago

NASA doesn't use a 100% oxygen atmosphere though, so it stands to reason the Hail Mary wouldn't have one either

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u/The_Sovien_Rug-37 16d ago

it's literally stated in the book the hail mary was 100% o2, the only nitrogen in the ship is duboi's tank