Question: You are a NASA engineer faced with the task of ensuring that the material on the hull of a spacecraft can withstand puncturing by space

You are a NASA engineer faced with the task of ensuring that the material on the hull of a spacecraft can withstand puncturing by space debris. The initial cabin air pressure in the craft of 1 atm can drop to 0.7 atm before the safety of the crew is jeopardized. The volume of the cabin is 100.m3, and the temperature in the cabin is 285 K. Assuming it takes the space shuttle about 8 hours from entry into orbit until landing, what is the largest circular aperture created by a hull puncture that can be safely tolerated assuming that the flow of gas out of the spaceship is effusive? Can the escaping gas from the spaceship be considered as an effusive process? (You can assume that the air is adequately represented by N2.)

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