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Old May 22, 2001 | 6:25 pm
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Originally posted by mudgal:
Au contraire, siliconengineer -- my comment was meant to highlight the obvious beauty, simplicity and effectiveness of your solution! No offense was intended.


Mudgal, thats very gracious of you.
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Old May 22, 2001 | 7:37 pm
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Old May 22, 2001 | 8:47 pm
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Originally posted by doc:
It would seemingly take a rather sudden dramatic loss in cabin pressure to occur!
Decreasing the cabin pressure some amount below the ambient pressure at ground level is equivalent to simply pressurizing the ball by that same amount. Even if the plane were fully depressurized at 100,000 feet where the pressure is about 1% that of sea-level, the stress on the walls of the soccer ball would only increase due to a pressure increase of about 15 psi. Doubtful that would pose a problem.

Remember, it is relatively easy to make a flexible spacesuit that can operate in a vacuum.

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Old May 22, 2001 | 9:53 pm
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You've convinced me! I'm willing to take my inflated soccer balls on board and take my chances!
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Old May 23, 2001 | 8:23 am
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Good one EPS!!!
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