I didn't frame my question properly - I meant to say that in the hypothetical scenario each room was pressurized individually and the hole is about 2m x 1m. I screwed the question up.
If anyone cares to take another shot -- otherwise, thank you to all who responded. You're classy, here.
Purely theoretical question here after watching the depressurization scene in The Martian:
If you had a habitat in the shape of a straight line on Mars featuring room after room with automatic doors, and there was a major breach in the exterior of one end of the habitat, how quickly would depressurization occur?
Would a centralized habitat computer be able to close any doors in time to avoid complete depressurization and save any humans in those rooms?
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