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Helpy McHelphelp
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There's probably some kind of forcefield around the edge and the parking lot containing a small pocket of pressurised air. It's a tourist attraction afterall.
Since Fry got royal jelly in his underpants in "The Sting" his spacesuit must've opened somehow. Yet he seems fine.
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Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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That could work for the air too. Maybe a dome is too dangerous with all the free-flying meteorites and asteroids. If even a pea sized asteroid were to whiz through the dome it would...
::gets hit by tiny asteroid::
Ow! Anyway, a forcefield would just let the asteroid fly through and then close behind it. A combination of the two would be even better though.
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Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Originally posted by Otis P Jivefunk: If there was a forcefield, and even if it was invisible, surely we'd see some sort of indication of it existing as an object passes through it. For example, the Planet Express Ship, but there wasn't any indication of anything...
That really depends on the the size of the forcefield, maybe they already passed before we get a shot of the PE ship, and the technology. I'm sure by 3001 technology exist to make forcefields you'll never notice, even when something pass through them.
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Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Air molecules are also much lighter than people and spaceships, so a weak catch-all forcefield could've done the trick.
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Mercapto
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Artificial gravity wouldn't work.
If it was only in one location, it still wouldn't prevent the air from slowly spreading to the rest of the moon where it could then escape into space. Also that huge amount of mass in one place can't be good for the moon's rotation. Furthermore, a tiny center of gravity like dark matter would cause noticeable variations in the gravity depending on how close you are to the dark matter.
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Rogerbot3000
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I think the charecters other than Bender and the Robots can't survive on the moon or any other planet without a force field because in Episode 2, the farmer took off his helmet and nearly suffocated and both Fry and Leela needed oxygen to survive and since Leela's an Alien/Mutant that means aliens needs some sort of oxygen too.
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Mercapto
Professor
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Yes, either in the form of O2 or CO2.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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As it was stated on the commentary for "Brannigan, Begin Again", "In science-fiction, all planets [or, in this case, all edges of universes] have oxygen."
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Hedonism Bot
Bending Unit
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« Reply #23 on: 03-01-2004 09:58 »
« Last Edit on: 03-01-2004 09:58 »
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Originally posted by Gorky: As it was stated on the commentary for "Brannigan, Begin Again", "In science-fiction, all planets [or, in this case, all edges of universes] have oxygen." As mentioned earlier on, all organic life needs oxygen, either in its pure state or as carbon dioxide, so all life-supporting planets would have an atmosphere containing oxygen. Even if there were aliens that breathed chlorine (it's sci-fi, so why not?), they would probably stick to their own solar systems, like a small-minded citizen of the temperate climes who won't go to Africa because it's too hot, or Russia because it's too cold. They could visit, if they simply wore shorts/a coat/a chlorine tank, but they can't be bothered. Alternatively, all civilised lifeforms could have agreed to create atmospheres on their planets and the planets surrounding them capable of supporting all different forms of life; a biological lingua franca. This would increase the possibilities of trade and diplomacy between the planets of the Universe, especially the members of DOOP. Warlike races would support this idea as it would make it easier to invade other planets. Everybody wins.
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Young_and_Angry
Professor
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Originally posted by VoVat: The characters don't have any problem walking around on Neptune or Pluto without spacesuits, either. That's not to mention that Neptune is apparently solid in Futurama, and Pluto has daylight. There must have been some significant terraforming going on. On the other hand, the Moon seems to be pretty much the same as it is today, aside from Luna Park, which is enclosed in a dome. Easy. over the centeries the atmoshperes could have evolved to be livable. Also, this is a long shot, but still a theory. There could be another solar system outside of this one, where pluto is much closer to the other star. Ow. head hurts from thinking of complex theorys.
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Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Yeah, especially the crocodilles.
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ooy
Professor
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or mayby it was an alligator!
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