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Subject: Re: re: 2001 - (nf)
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hpfclk!mike    Oct 12 09:32:00 1983


  Here's another technical error for you.  The scene where Dave Bowman must
  endure the vacuum of space while transferring from the pod to the Discovery.
  (He forgot his helmet, remember.)  It appeared that he had no problem 
  surviving the vacuum for some 5 to 10 seconds which I find impossible.
  When there was no pressure, there was nothing to keep the liquids of his 
  body from immediate vaporization (boiling).  He should of been dead in 
  the first second.  Space is cold and empty, and we are not well adapted
  to 0 pressure.     

					    Michael Bishop
					    {hpfcla!hpfclk!mike}