Comment by zimpenfish
3 days ago
To be fair, you could see how a vehicle designed rigidly for extreme cold, extreme vacuum, zero gravity, etc. might fail catastrophically when introduced to modest temperatures, a modest atmosphere, and a modest gravity.[1]
It wouldn't say much for the foresight of the alien designers, mind.
[1] "100 KILOpascals? KILO? I thought you said milli, you blithering nixflorp!"
> [1] "100 KILOpascals? KILO? I thought you said milli, you blithering nixflorp!"
The numbers were given in Universal Standard Units, but the manufacturer assumed Galactic Imperial Units