From: henry@spsystems.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Brian Gaff  wrote:   
   >At the risk of putting folk off their food, would not the effect depend on   
   >the speed of the depressurisation?   
      
   Not strongly.  Really fast depressurization may cause various bits of   
   unpleasantness because there won't be time for pressures to equalize in   
   places like your ears, but it still won't make you explode.   
   --   
   MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec    | Henry Spencer   
   pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well.  | henry@spsystems.net   
      
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