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- From: andy@osea.demon.co.uk (Andrew Haveland-Robinson)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!osea.demon.co.uk!andy
- Subject: Man in space ... )
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- References: <1992Nov6.155209.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:13:05 +0000
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- In article <1992Nov6.155209.1@fnalf.fnal.gov> higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov writes:
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- >In article <ewright.721079973@convex.convex.com>, ewright@convex.com (Edward V.> Wright) writes:
- >> In <720796989snx@osea.demon.co.uk> andy@osea.demon.co.uk (Andrew> Haveland-Robinson) writes:
- >[reference to orginal posting has been lost. It's denoted by ">>>" here.]
- >>>> What will happen if the space suite of an austronaut gets ripped
- >>>>in space ?
- >>>> Some of us recon that he will explode while others that he will end up
- >>>>with lots of bruises!!. One thing that all of us agree, is that it is not
- >>>>going to be a very healthy activity.
- >>
- >>>Well Nick, my feeling is that he would nearly explode.
- >>
- >> Well, Andrew, it's like this. The universe just doesn't care how
- >> you *feel*.
- >>
- >[explanation of what really happens deleted]
- >
- >> All of this information has been publicly available for *decades.*
- >> So why do self-styled experts keep making up absolute nonsense
- >> instead of just reading the relevent literature?
- >
- >Actually you have three choices:
- >
- >1. Make up absolute nonsense.
- >2. Read the relevant literature.
- >3. Ask the readers of Usenet.
- >
- >Choice 3 is not always appropriate, especially when 2 is available in
- >an almanac or encyclopedia. In this case it wasn't a bad idea, but I
- >told Nick to use the fourth option:
- >
- >4. Check the sci.space FAQ to see if the question is answered there.
- >
- >As for Andy, I suppose he took what he knew about physics and biology
- >and speculated about the answer. That doesn't seem to deserve Ed's
- >nasty tone... or does it? You're allowed to be wrong around here, but
- >you have to put up with the kidding. E.g.:
- >
- >Evidently Andy has seen *Total Recall* but not *2001*, or, if he's
- >seen both, he believes the former has more accurate science than the
- >latter.
-
- Thanks for the support Bill - as I said it was just a feeling - without
- experience or knowledge of the facts. (I have seen 2001 but not Total
- Recall).. Now, if just the head was exposed to a vacuum...
-
- I understand Ed's tone - it's easy to be critical if you know the subject
- inside out (perhaps I'd do the same if a silly notion came up in my area
- of expertise... :-) , no, I'd try to be a little more circumspect...)
-
- I'm sure that an awful lot of people too shy to postulate have benefited
- something from this thread - I have!
-
- Andy.
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