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

--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 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.

If a starship has to survive nuclear near-misses, then
methinks that surviving far lower pressures for
extended periods of time, while not a trivial design
exercise, is not terribly difficult either.

John

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