[GZG] Biology in a vacuum

[<Beth.Fulton@xxxxxxxx>]

G'day,

> The FTL I understand, but the biological material that
> can withstand vacuum surprises me.  I would think that
> anything that we can currently do could, at least
> in theory, be duplicated by a biological system.

At present the only known biological material to survive vacuum are small and can go into stasis (so small moss cuttings, tardigrades etc). Large biological structures just rupture.

Pressure and temperature are the keys I would guess. So my brain is still trying to get around how the SaVasku "evolved" (naturally or artificially) to survive such to cope with both of these and big so big. Nothing I've seen to date is plausible.

Cheers

Beth

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