Timeline for Why didn't they just try to retrieve the water they lost?
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| Mar 6, 2017 at 10:47 | history | edited | Tetsujin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added detail after answer proved surprisingly popular.
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| Mar 5, 2017 at 18:07 | comment | added | Steve-O | On top of it being difficult to collect the escaping water, it would cost time (which they don't have b/c the Cyclons are chasing them) and fuel (increasingly more as the cloud expands and covers more space over time.) And since the water (now ice) pellets are constantly travelling at the speed they attained during the explosive decompression of the tank, there's also a chance they could damage any ships involved in the collection effort by causing micro punctures. Finding water elsewhere might be risky in itself, but at least the fleet can keep moving as one while they search. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 15:24 | comment | added | Tetsujin | The phrase "knitting fog" springs to mind ;) | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 15:23 | comment | added | iandotkelly♦ | Yeah - absolutely, and they'd have to work out how to catch this increasingly less dense expanding cloud of ice, and ferry it back to the ship. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 14:44 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Off you go then... let's see how long it takes you :P (It's under-emphasis, for comedic effect, btw ;) | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 14:36 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | 'slightly' more difficult? At least once the ball-bearings hit the ground, they stop moving (e.g. rolling) within a short time. | |
| Mar 5, 2017 at 13:58 | history | answered | Tetsujin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |