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Subject: Re: Re: Vaccumm and people exploding... - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 20-Nov-83 15:43:33 EST
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uiuccsb!eich    Nov 17 11:32:00 1983


Didn't somebody already point out that test animals subjected to reasonably
hard vacuums didn't explode?  Common sense indicates that the skin is a
little tougher than that.  People in Hollywood (like Peter Hyams, whose
`Outland' perpetrated this myth in ridiculously gory fashion) seem to
like the idea, though.