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Pressure is not the only thing to consider while out in space. The difference in relative concentrations of the system (you) and the environment (space, vacuum) is extreme. Stuff will want to diffuse from you out into space.

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It will want to, but it won't have a very easy time of it. The concentration of water inside and outside a human body under normal conditions is a very high ratio too, for example. Skin is tough.

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But not nearly as great as the difference between matter and vacuum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm walking around here occasionally with 1% humidity. That's a really frigging high gradient.

It helps that half the stuff your body does anyway is pump things against gradients. Not as extreme, but in vaccum you'll have other issues anyway. Tack on the layers of skin in between..and diffusion becomes a non-issue.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Maybe you can rotate yourself so that your body is warmed evenly.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, Narf; there IS a guarantee!

Guarantee: ACME stands behind the quality of our products and states that any entity that DIRECTLY EXPERIENCES the SUPER-NOVA EXTREME in action, and is afterward dis-satisfied with the level of heating experienced, will be refunded its full original purchase price! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif
Claims must be filed in person.

P.S. please read the following disclaimer:
ACME and its agents is not responsible for persons or property left too close to the heater. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">But how much will it cost? Is it expensive? I only have a few hundred thousand in Minerals, Organics and Radioactives!

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[quote]Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
Yes, Narf; there IS a guarantee!

Guarantee: ACME stands behind the quality of our products and states that any entity that DIRECTLY EXPERIENCES the SUPER-NOVA EXTREME in action, and is afterward dis-satisfied with the level of heating experienced, will be refunded its full original purchase price!
Claims must be filed in person.

P.S. please read the following disclaimer:
ACME and its agents is not responsible for persons or property left too close to the heater. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

But how much will it cost? Is it expensive? I only have a few hundred thousand in Minerals, Organics and Radioactives!

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That's the beauty of this model - you can retofit your current Space Heater to be a Super-Nova Deluxe via our Nucleonic Disruption technology! Yes! For only 200K minerals, prepaid.

Worried that one of your enem, Err, neighbors are too cold? Send THEM a Super-Nova Deluxe upgrade! And make sure they NEVER have heating worries again...

And, for only an additional 50K, we can include
a cloaking device to make it that 'suprise gift' you are just dying to give them!
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From physics, a blackbody at 37 degrees C will radiate about 500 W/m²

If you take the surface area of a body as about 2m², that means you're losing 1000 J/s.

Take your weight in KG, and your body temprature should drop about one degree in (your weight in KG here) seconds.

For the non-metric among us: 1 KG = 2.205 pounds.

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[quote]Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:

Quote:

Originally posted by Taz-in-Space: Yes, Narf; there IS a guarantee! Guarantee: ACME stands behind the quality of our products and states that any entity that DIRECTLY EXPERIENCES the SUPER-NOVA EXTREME in action, and is afterward dis-satisfied with the level of heating experienced, will be refunded its full original purchase price! Claims must be filed in person. P.S. please read the following disclaimer: ACME and its agents is not responsible for persons or property left too close to the heater. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But how much will it cost? Is it expensive? I only have a few hundred thousand in Minerals, Organics and Radioactives! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's the beauty of this model - you can retofit your current Space Heater to be a Super-Nova Deluxe via our Nucleonic Disruption technology! Yes! For only 200K minerals, prepaid. Worried that one of your enem, Err, neighbors are too cold? Send THEM a Super-Nova Deluxe upgrade! And make sure they NEVER have heating worries again... And, for only an additional 50K, we can include a cloaking device to make it that 'suprise gift' you are just dying to give them! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes, sign me up for this exiting opportunity with the bonus cloaking device and send it to Master Belisarius, please! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

i only wish i had enough for that in the game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif