Space - Crush Pressure

[cosmicfish]

Originally Posted by Kimbo

(1) What is the crush pressure of a space ship?

To paraphrase Futurama, "Somewhere between zero and one!" Seriously, vicky has the formula from Vehicles (I think!) and that will tell you for more rugged and futuristic ships.

Originally Posted by Kimbo

(2) At what depth inside a gas giant, would that atmospheric pressure be reached?

This is pretty complicated, and will vary between gas giants. If it is important to you, there are charts for some planets (Jupiter at least) that show experimental data. Personally, I would handwave it.

Originally Posted by Kimbo

(3) Supposing an acceleration of 1.4G on a streamlined hull, how long (assume terminal velocity) would it take to fall to this hypothetical crush depth?

This is also depends on the density (not just strength) of the vessel in question - the ship has to be dense enough to sink in that high-pressure atmosphere!

You could determine all this with some not trivial math, but is there a reason not to just handwave it? It is a lot of work for a very specific set of circumstances.