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by NetMageSCW 80 days ago
ABC News says 330 habitable cubic feet or about the interior space of two minivans.
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330 cubic feet =~ 9.3m²
A cube with an edge of 2.1 meters.
> ABC News says 330 habitable cubic feet or about the interior space of two minivans

I did lockdown in a ~450 sq. ft. Habitable under 400. Partner. Cat. Me. The astronauts will be fine.

~450 square feet, with how many feet in the third dimension? You probably had an order of magnitude more volume than 330 cubic feet there.
> You probably had an order of magnitude more volume than 330 cubic feet there

I’m 6’, so that’s the usable volume. (I’m not claustrophobic heighwise.)

I honestly don’t see an issue spending a couple days with folks I respect and admire in close quarters for ten days.

You don't get it. Your 400sqft apartment needs to be shrunk by a factor of 6 to have the same area as the Orion. Try living in an 8x8 foot square for a couple weeks.
That’s unfair as well - in space, more of the volume is usable. Perhaps equivalent to 2X 1G volume would be fairer.
> You don't get it

Have you ever been on a boat?

> Have you ever been on a boat?

What is a "boat"?

The boat you can step outside of, have a sky