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Properties of a Pocket Calculator for Astronauts
09-06-2019, 08:48 AM
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RE: Properties of a Pocket Calculator for Astronauts
If you read "The Martian" by Andy Weir, there is a section on an LCD exposed to vacuum. It's not nice. I suspect OLED displays would suffer the same fate.

So, if you have a calculator as a backup, it better be decompression - proof. Either LED, or part of a spacesuit Heads Up Display (HUD).

If there's a vacuum inside your suit, you are beyond worrying about a calculator.
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