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Our main characters have just arrived at the brand new SpaceStation2™ (now with geostationary orbit!) soon they get settled in with the other characters already there, then the planet explodes, no particular reason why, just blows up with the average velocity of a chunk being 9km per second (deviating up to 5kmps more or less) in the general direction of away from where earth used to be. Obviously a chunk hitting the station would be bad, and so would some other things, but could it survive?

important stuff:

  • 3x the size of the ISS currently
  • the station can have whatever modules or supplies is necessary for its survival within reason
  • the crew is 16 people
  • assume crew can be specialized in whatever is needed
  • there are 2 crew dragons docked and 1 cargo dragon
  • assume they can grow enough food to survive using SuperPlantX™
  • take into account survival for 1st month
  • survival requires at least 14 people remaining at the end of the month
  • survival requires at least 90% of ship to be intact and no major issues

soSo, can they survive?

Our main characters have just arrived at the brand new SpaceStation2™ (now with geostationary orbit!) soon they get settled in with the other characters already there, then the planet explodes, no particular reason why, just blows up with the average velocity of a chunk being 9km per second in the general direction of away from where earth used to be. Obviously a chunk hitting the station would be bad, and so would some other things, but could it survive?

important stuff:

  • 3x the size of the ISS currently
  • the station can have whatever modules or supplies is necessary for its survival within reason
  • the crew is 16 people
  • assume crew can be specialized in whatever is needed
  • there are 2 crew dragons docked and 1 cargo dragon
  • assume they can grow enough food to survive using SuperPlantX™
  • take into account survival for 1st month
  • survival requires at least 14 people remaining at the end of the month
  • survival requires at least 90% of ship to be intact and no major issues

so, can they survive?

Our main characters have just arrived at the brand new SpaceStation2™ (now with geostationary orbit!) soon they get settled in with the other characters already there, then the planet explodes, no particular reason why, just blows up with the average velocity of a chunk being 9km per second (deviating up to 5kmps more or less) in the general direction of away from where earth used to be. Obviously a chunk hitting the station would be bad, and so would some other things, but could it survive?

important stuff:

  • 3x the size of the ISS currently
  • the station can have whatever modules or supplies is necessary for its survival within reason
  • the crew is 16 people
  • assume crew can be specialized in whatever is needed
  • there are 2 crew dragons docked and 1 cargo dragon
  • assume they can grow enough food to survive using SuperPlantX™
  • take into account survival for 1st month
  • survival requires at least 14 people remaining at the end of the month
  • survival requires at least 90% of ship to be intact and no major issues

So, can they survive?

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chance of surviving a planet killer explosion

Our main characters have just arrived at the brand new SpaceStation2™ (now with geostationary orbit!) soon they get settled in with the other characters already there, then the planet explodes, no particular reason why, just blows up with the average velocity of a chunk being 9km per second in the general direction of away from where earth used to be. Obviously a chunk hitting the station would be bad, and so would some other things, but could it survive?

important stuff:

  • 3x the size of the ISS currently
  • the station can have whatever modules or supplies is necessary for its survival within reason
  • the crew is 16 people
  • assume crew can be specialized in whatever is needed
  • there are 2 crew dragons docked and 1 cargo dragon
  • assume they can grow enough food to survive using SuperPlantX™
  • take into account survival for 1st month
  • survival requires at least 14 people remaining at the end of the month
  • survival requires at least 90% of ship to be intact and no major issues

so, can they survive?