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Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by steelbrain »

petre wrote: post #251
weinzierl wrote: post #189

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I just saw a documentary (in German) from 2003 about its construction. There is an interview with a guy from the American (Colorado) company which built the tank who boasted that only two companies in the world could build it and the other one declined because they deemed it impossible. Other interesting facts were: - 15 segments of acrylic glass - 12 segments for the outer cylinder, 3 for the inner - all segments wo…

Great engineering feat but it was a dumb idea to begin with. Just like sending people to Mars. Luckily nobody died, excluding the fish of course.

This is tangent from the topic at hand but I'm curious to pick your brain. Why is it a dumb idea to send people to Mars?

Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by petre »

steelbrain wrote: post #261
petre wrote: post #251

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great engineering feat but it was a dumb idea to begin with. Just like sending people to Mars. Luckily nobody died, excluding the fish of course.

This is tangent from the topic at hand but I'm curious to pick your brain. Why is it a dumb idea to send people to Mars?

For the same reason it was a dumb idea to put a dog in orbit without the means to return it back to Earth alive.

Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by Doxin »

jacquesm wrote: post #185
bombcar wrote: post #140

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PSI is a measurement that can be hard to translate between various items like tires and tanks and foundations: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/building-foundations-load... Massive tractor tires can be 50+ psi and when they pop it is devastating.

That can kill you. In fact even a personal car tire that goes can wound or kill you if you happen to be holding it.

Go look up split rims exploding on youtube. It's violent and probably a good thing those fell out of fashion.

Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by lynx23 »

seirim wrote: post #43
lynx23 wrote: post #25

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Humans are horrible creatures.

It was an accident though, surely, and they didn't mean to hurt the fish.

You mean, they put the fish behind glass in a artificial habitat, which apparently was not built well enough to not break. And you still think humans were just well-meaning? How would you feel if someone took you and your family, and put ya all behind glass, for others to watch? Oh, and there will be an elevator going through your new habitat? Still just fine? I told ya, humans are horrible creatures, they dont even see the errors of their own way.

Re: Cylindrical aquarium housing 1,500 exotic fish bursts in Berlin

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Post by aliqot »

bombcar wrote: post #140
boppo1 wrote: post #120

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Doesn't seem crazy, my tires hold 38 psi.

PSI is a measurement that can be hard to translate between various items like tires and tanks and foundations: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/building-foundations-load... Massive tractor tires can be 50+ psi and when they pop it is devastating.

In contrast, my bicycle tires at are 130psi, and while loud, the explosion is minor. I think the amount of air/water/matter escaping is part of the equation, but someone more physics-inclined could probably ascertain to a better degree how this affects the outcome.
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