On 28 May 2004 03:11:03 GMT, (Regnirps) wrote:

(Wright1902Glider) wrote:
:
:Um,
:
:What happens to the gas bag once it makes orbit? Am I correct in assuming
:that
:there will be a serious pressure differential between the interior and
:exterior
:of the bag? I'm thinking "World's Largest Baloon Goes POP!" ?????
:
:Ask yourself, what is the difference between almost a vacuum and a vacuum? Not
:much. If it will hold 16 lbs/sq in, that is about all you need. Things like
eople only blow up in vacuum in fiction. If they did, then immagine what would
:happen to a SCUBA diver as they come up through three atmospheres of pressure
:change!

If it's filled with pure O2, 3 or 4 psi will do it, that's what Apollo
used.

Not that I believe the rest of it, mind you.