On 5/7/10, Roger Burton West <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's not as simple as that even in the small spacecraft we have now.
> (For example, there may be a non-atmospheric oxidiser present; even if
> there isn't, things cool very slowly without atmosphere to provide
> conduction and convection, so they may just flare up as soon as you let
> the air back in.)

OK, make it a 3 stage process:
1. Vent to vacuum.
2. Repressurisze with pure nitrogen, or an inert gas to cool.
3.  Restore normal atmosphere.

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