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[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Portal 2 ends with you (Chell) placing a entry portal on Earth vs an exit portal on the Moon.

That means the portals were ~2236 mph (aka Mach3) relative to each other.

[–] SuddenDownpour@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wouldn't that provoke all air in the Earth to get sucked to the Moon due to the difference in atmospheric pressure?

[–] Serdan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Vacuum doesn't suck. The atmosphere on Earth would push air through the portal with a pressure of about 1 bar.

[–] ArcheTelos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, but the flow rate is only so much. It was only open for a short time before Glados closed it.

[–] jemorgan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm well if an object passed through that portal and it wasn’t moving ~2236mph relative to the surface of the moon, then I guess the question from the OP has been answered already haha.