Re: vacuum of space

From: Mike Thomas (Mtom_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:59:49 GMT

"> BTW there is no "vacuum pressure"... atmospheric pressure comes from
the
> weight of the atmosphere, caused by the Earth's gravity.
>
> Escape Velocity
> http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/EscapeVelocity.html
>
> Atmospheric Pressure
> http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/AtmosphericPressure.html
>
> Pressure
> http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Pressure.html

I use it as a relative term as in Gradient. There is a potential High to
Low pressure gradient.
The idea is that the vacuum does not have the differential force to
accelerate gas atoms
to escape velocity. That's what you should have said or something like it.

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