[TML] "Dies the Fire"

[Richard Aiken]

On Dec 11, 2007 3:03 AM, Timothy Little <tim at little-possums.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:51:32PM -0500, Richard Aiken wrote:
> > <shrug> The same tech that keeps the central hole stable (unmelted)
> > would also work for the "vent holes," wouldn't it?  As for the heat,
> > you could have free air exchange with both sides of the disk through
> > these holes, if you make them wide enough.
>
> The oxygen partial pressure alone would be enough to cause seizures in
> an unaided person even 15 km down.  At 30 km the air pressure is up to
> 40 atmospheres.  Still thousands to go ...

Ah well.  There go my Long Stairs . . . <sniffs dramatically, mimes
wiping nonexistent tear>

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident."  Robert A. Heinlein