[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by OICURMT

Could you supply a reference for this? I'm struggling to figure this out, as the partial pressure of H2O under a vacuum at body temperature would result in boiling...


I could surmise that the body itself must be under pressure due to "containment" by the epidermis... but don't know if that would be enough.

Here's a few links. There are lots of them.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/ca...1965027167.pdf

http://www.geoffreylandis.com/vacuum.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...rs/970603.html

http://www.accessplanetary.com/space...t-a-space-suit

http://space.about.com/cs/basics/a/bodyvacuum1.htm

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