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Re: AAH
Richard Foy (rfoy@netcom.com)
Thu, 18 Jul 1996 04:05:00 GMT
In article <4sge7b$cb5@kira.cc.uakron.edu>,
david l burkhead <david8@dax.cc.uakron.edu> wrote:
>In article <rfoyDun2yw.Cy6@netcom.com> rfoy@netcom.com (Richard Foy) writes:
YOu win!
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>[ 8< ]
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>>Whethere it would happen or not, I believe would depend on the initial
>>pressure and how fast the exposure to a vacuum is accomplished.
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> I see you haven't gone and looked at any of the "sources" I
>listed (as well referenced as many of Ms. Morgan's sources). This is
>still flat out wrong. Macroscopic (I'm not talking about bacteria
>here) living beings do _not_ explode when exposed to vaccuum,
>including sudden decompressions. It _does_ _not_ _happen._ This
>isn't "speculation" or "theory." This is fact.
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>>In and case the way this came up related to a claim that infants
>>would kick if thrown out of an arilock in the Space Shuttle as I
>>recall.
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>>All of the comments on this topic have been speculation. This is what
>>gets AAT supporters condemnation by many posters in this ng.
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> Wrong again. Exposure of humans and small animals (including
>those about the size of a human infant) to vaccuum has been done. It
>is not speculation, but experimental result. The fact is that they
>did _not_ explode. Indeed, brief exposures are something from which
>one can not only survive, but fully recover in a rather short time. I
>know one of the subjects of these tests _personally_. (Dr. Jerry
>Pournelle, for those who wish to know.)
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> Try to learn the difference between experimental results and
>speculation.
>
>--
>David L. Burkhead "If I had eight hours to cut down
>david8@dax.cc.uakron.edu a tree, I'd spend seven sharpening
>FAX: 330-253-4490 my axe." Attributed to Abraham
>SpaceCub Lincoln
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