>only have to deal with one atmosphere.
A difference of one atmosphere?
Fry: "How many atmospheres can the ship withstand?" Professor: "Well, it's a spaceship, so I'd say anywhere between zero and one." s02e12
futurama comes to mind. the spacecraft can withsthand any level of atmosphere between 0 and 1
The one atmosphere that telescopes are looking through. It is nowhere near as problematic as looking through seawater.
There’s only one atmosphere of pressure from inside to outside. Under the sea the direction is reversed and pressure is much higher.