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Old May 23rd 04, 10:00 PM
Ian Johnston
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Default World Record 31,000 feet

On Sat, 22 May 2004 12:27:10 UTC, "Paul Lynch"
wrote:

: It is not just your lungs. Your blood would be boiling without the pressure
: suit because of the low partial pressure.

To get water to boil at 38C (body temperature) you need a pressure of
0.066 bar. The International Standard Atmosphere gets to 0.,065 bar at
19km, which is 62,000 feet. Just as a matter of interest.

Ian


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