Submariners, I'm lookin' at you in particular... but I suspect anybody who deals with big ships might have it. Or somebody with more brane than me
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In navy terms, it's called the "centerline passageway".
However, they are always constructed with bulkheads every 50 feet, with quick-acting, watertight doors in each bulkhead. On a spacecraft, construction would be similar, but the doors would be airtight, which means they'd be a lot bigger and heavier. Oh, and they would ALWAYS be closed unless:
1. Passing from one bulkhead to another, and you can't open the next one without closing the other behind you. 2. In drydock under a pressurized atmosphere. 3. In spacedock with zero atmosphere.
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...Draft?
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I can't help but think of P-wing, though. And that little twittering sound that comes with it.
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However, they are always constructed with bulkheads every 50 feet, with quick-acting, watertight doors in each bulkhead. On a spacecraft, construction would be similar, but the doors would be airtight, which means they'd be a lot bigger and heavier. Oh, and they would ALWAYS be closed unless:
1. Passing from one bulkhead to another, and you can't open the next one without closing the other behind you.
2. In drydock under a pressurized atmosphere.
3. In spacedock with zero atmosphere.
I suggest reading up on Material Conditions from the US Navy.
Also, Systems, the hull, and especially damage control.
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