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Old 6th Dec 2004, 19:27
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csmorris
 
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Not likely. You need a pretty large pressure differential to experience the bends. For every 30 ft a diver descends, he experiences an additional 1 atmosphere of pressure (actually a little less but eh). A diver at 90 feet is therefore experiencing 4 atm, or 58.8 psi.

On the other hand, the difference between sea level and outer space is only 1 atm. Good thing too, or you'd get the bends while driving in the mountains. I haven't done the math, but I imagine the temperature required to create that much pressure would cook the pilot long before he'd be subject to the bends
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