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Subject: Re: Vaccumm and people exploding...
Message-ID: <3771@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Nov-83 21:51:38 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 13 21:51:38 1983
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	pressure of the inside of this astronauts body is 10 ^ 5 newtons
	/ square meter, which nicely balances that of the atmosphere so
	that there is no net pressure.  The pressure of space pressing
	inwards is about 0.  Certainly his skin cannot withstand such a
	pressure gradient.  He would explode.

Not necessarily so.  The body is not like a gas-bag.  it can be
compressed.  This doesn't mean that it will exert pressure in the
absence of pressure exerted in.

Besides, they've already exposed test subjects to raw vacum.
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