MovieChat Forums > SpaceCamp (1986) Discussion > 12 hours of Oxygen

12 hours of Oxygen

posted 19 years ago by ceemsc
6 replies | jump to latest

Couldn't they have simply turned off the life support system in 5 to 15 minutes bursts and saved up a buffer supply to cover re-entry instead of continously leaving it on full blast for 12 hours?

[–] leonids_2000 19 years ago

Not without suffering ill effects of carbon dioxide poisoning!

[–] fgeorge_76 19 years ago

This isn't Star Trek. So like the other poster said, it would not have worked.

[–] Adramin 19 years ago

Or worse: it might have malfunctioned and not come on again. An astronaut would be able to hardware-hack this....but a bunch of nitwits?

[–] Unicorn-9 19 years ago

It would have been simpler to chuck a couple of the more annoying kids out the airlock: that would give given them about another four hours.

[–] jmbwithcats 14 years ago

You also lose a lot more oxygen in those bursts than just keeping it on.

-----
www.kittysafe.net
Online Mews, Reviews, Poetry, Music, and Ideas

[–] SiD-414 14 years ago

12 hours worth of oxygen is 12 hours worth of oxygen and the only way to conserve oxygen is to turn off what is consuming it.