Re: Space Tourist Spacesuits

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:25:06 GMT

On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:10:12 GMT, in a place far, far away, Scott
Lowther <scottlowther@ix.netcom.SPAMBLOK.com> made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

>>It's like the difference between viewing underwater through a
>>submarine window, and a diver's mask.
>>
>How many divers masks at the bottom of the ocean? RIght now both deep
>sea and in-space are rather nasty places to be, yet people would pay to
>be there even if they are separated from the environment by a window.

Yes, but if they could, they'd pay even more to view it up close and
personal. And the environment of space is nowhere near as "nasty" as
ocean depths, in terms of design requirements.

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