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From: neufeld@aurora.physics.utoronto.ca (Christopher Neufeld)
Subject: Re: Surviving Electrocution
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1991 22:42:24 GMT

In article <1991Apr15.124450.8266@dsl.pitt.edu> geb@dsl.pitt.edu (Gordon E. Banks) writes:
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>I have a better idea.  Lower the temperature of the crew until they
>are near absolute zero.  Then not only won't they be squashed, but
>they will become superconducting, greatly enhancing their accelleration!

   Not all cold things are superconducting. A person cooled down near
absolute zero is just brittle, not superconducting.


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