11. Would there be any auditory feedback so that we can tell where we are located and where other people are located? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Inside a structure such as a space station or space hotel, sounds would work just as they do on Earth. The sound of a bank of computers may be an incidental environmental clue just like the hum of your favorite vending machine on Earth lets you know that you are approaching the end of a hallway and close to getting your afternoon snack. Audible clues that work on Earth would work in space so long as you are indoors. Outside, say in an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk) or on the Moon, there is no air, and thus no sound. Something else would need to be devised to handle those situations.

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Answer provided by Mark A. Riccobono, Robert O. Shelton, Ph.D.

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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