Re: [GZG] Biology in a vacuum

["Laserlight" <laserlight@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Beth said;
> 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 being so big. Nothing I've 
> seen to date is plausible.

The pressure is a problem from going *pop*, and also from volatiles 
evaporating out. Most plastics won't stand vacuum for that reason.  And 
don't forget the radiation.

OTOH, the SV themselves live in oceans--the ships are biological constructs, 
so they don't have to be plausible from the point of view of "how did they 
get this way", only from the POV of "will this work"


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