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Re: Silver Luxury Sport Sedan
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lugnet.general, lugnet.space
Date: 
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 17:23:45 GMT
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> From: "Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net>

> > <soapbox>
> > 
> > *ahem* People do NOT explode in the vacuum of space. This is a myth
> > perpetuated by Hollywood.
> 
> That makes no sense.  If one was ejected into a vacuum the lack of pressure
> outside of the body would cause the presure inside the body to forcefully
> balance.  FYI. Hollywood usually does not show people explode in my
> experience,
> which as I stated makes no sense.  If you know why this is not the case I
> would
> be interesting to here the reasoning.

It does make sense if you think about it. 15 psi isn't enough to make you
explode. the human body is a lot stronger than that.

But don't take it from me, Read what NASA has to say about it.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html

~Mark
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego



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(...) Uh... The idea was a futuristic 'car' that is used on planets by Galactic Confederation civilians. I thought the "80 meter off ground tranist lanes" would have made that clear. Oh well. (...) That makes no sense. If one was ejected into a (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)

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