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From: alan@apollo.UUCP (Alan Lehotsky)
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Subject: Re: re: 2001 - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 09:23:21 EDT
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Regarding why Dave Bowman's "precious bodily fluids" (my quotes, not yrs.)
didn't boil away immediately.... Well, for one thing, he happened to have
his skin on, so there certainly was pressure on the fluids.  There is a
lot of available research on this very issue.  I remember seeing somewhere
(ANALOG?) a description of a skin-tight space suit which only acted as
"support-hose" for the entire body.  For the original justification of this,
you should go read a short story Clarke wrote which first suggested the
idea.  It turns out the biggest problem is to exhale as much as possible
before exposing yourself to vacuum - otherwise, you can damage your lungs
(sort of like popping a balloon, I would imagine.)