lew (11/19/82)
The vapor pressure of water is .9 psi at 37c, not 2 psi ( I read the "inches of mercury" column by mistake.) Anyway, even 2psi is far to low a pressure to "explode" a human body, meaning to burst the skin open. However, with an ambient pressure near 0 psi, the .9 psi that the skin would contain would be produced by water vapor forming in the blood and other fluids, so I'll stick to my prediction of an extreme case of the bends. Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew