RE: Wet Navy in the future was Re: Questions regarding NAC ground units, was SG IF morale

At 8:28 AM -0800 12/1/01, John Atkinson wrote:
>
>As a side note, what's the difference between a
>starship and a submarine?  Both have to be
>water/vacuum proof--what's to stop a streamlined ship
>from splashing into an ocean and hiding on the bottom
>of the sea for a while, then flying out to launch
>hit-and-run strikes on the enemy?

A starship has to keep 1 atmosphere in. A submarine has to keep 1 
atmosphere of pressure in for every 33 feet it descends. Subs that go 
to a few hundred feet down  have to stand a far greater force than a 
space craft does.

1 atmosphere is air pressure at sea level.

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