Re: subs in spaaace
From: Jonathan Jarrard <jjarrard@f...>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:16:33 -0400
Subject: Re: subs in spaaace
tom.anderson@altavista.net wrote:
>
> sealed against positive pressure - the ocean is trying to crush you.
spacecraft are sealed against negative pressure - space is trying to
tear you apart.
It still always seemed to me that it wouldn't be that difficult to
retrofit a sub. After all, the negative pressure of vacuum (1
atmosphere, unless you're being very strange) is nothing compared to the
kind of pressure a modern sub is designed to keep out.