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Nov 1, 2019 at 5:17 comment added Jasen you could substitute argon or some other noble gas for the nitrogen, infact all spacecraft may use an argon-oxygen atmosphere just to be safe.
Oct 31, 2019 at 20:45 comment added thegreatemu just use argon. doesn't have the problems with helium and is already abundant
Oct 31, 2019 at 20:05 comment added pluckedkiwi @dgnuff in case you were not aware, experiments in underwater habitation used heliox (gas mixture of helium and oxygen) to prevent nitrogen narcosis. There was a documentary made with interviews with the subjects - with the vocal peculiarities you would expect.
Oct 31, 2019 at 18:50 comment added Ghedipunk For the last paragraph: At the 0.2atm pressure, material in a pure O2 atmosphere are no more flammable than in an Earth-like O2+N atmosphere. It's when the atmosphere is pure O2 and at higher pressures, like 1atm, that non-flammable things start getting unusually burny.
Oct 31, 2019 at 16:17 comment added WGroleau Just teleport the person with breathing apparatus, into a room with replacement bottles.
Oct 30, 2019 at 3:19 comment added dgnuff Given that you don't need a large volume, could you use another inert gas, e.g. helium, to keep to the ~20% Oxygen ratio in the current atmosphere. Which also has some possibilities for a little comic relief if this ever gets made into a film. ;)
Oct 29, 2019 at 23:22 history answered Robyn CC BY-SA 4.0