ph@wucec2.UUCP (Paul Hahn) (12/03/85)
In article <341@mmm.UUCP> cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) writes: >Time Lords and even mere human beings do NOT explode when exposed to vacuum, >as you all seem to suppose they should. It is very uncomfortable, >however, and it is not possible (or at least not safe to try) to hold >your breath. A greater danger is the temperature. I don't understand. Vacuum is an excellent insulator. Is it that the body loses excessive heat from the rapid sublimation of sweat etc.? I would think that other effects of the lack pressure would become problematic before this. Or do you mean that radiation from nearby suns would cook us? Please explain. --pH /* * "Don't mind me; I never do." */
demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) (12/05/85)
> In article <341@mmm.UUCP> cipher@mmm.UUCP (Andre Guirard) writes: > >Time Lords and even mere human beings do NOT explode when exposed to vacuum, > > A greater danger is the temperature. > > Vacuum is an excellent insulator. Yup. It is, the entity would probably cook from radiation much faster... which brings up a much grater danger: If the being didn't explode from explosive decompression (an issue which is still not clear) and If the being did not at least have the bends and/or every organ in its body ruptured from escaping gases and If the being were not fried by heat radiation at least... then The being would be freeze-dried as every drop of liquid in its system boiled away.... -- --- Rob DeMillo Madison Academic Computer Center ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo "...I suppose you find the concept of a robot with an artificial leg amusing?" -- Marvin, the Paranoid Android