Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!sunybcs!ugzannin From: ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv Subject: Inconsistency in "The Fantastic Voyage"??? Message-ID: <2063@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 12:30:24 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2063 Posted: Mon Aug 12 12:30:24 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 00:43:30 EDT Reply-To: ugzannin@gort.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 23 Xref: linus net.sf-lovers:8306 net.tv:2923 Just the other night I watched the movie "The Fantastic Voyage". I had seen it several years ago and I had also read the book back when I was in 6th grade, so I really didn't catch everything the first time through. Now, almost 10 years later, I finally got to see it again and found what may be a mistake on Isaac Asimov's part. Remember when the submarine ran into a problem and lost some air out of the ballast tanks? The solution was to push the sub's snorkel through the wall of an alveoli in the guy's lung and get some air when he inhaled. Well, wouldn't there be a problem with the size of the air molecules? I mean, when the sub was miniaturized, the air inside it was shrunken also. Now, wouldn't there be at least a bogus air pressure reading when they fill up with normal air that hasn't been miniaturized? For that matter, would the air molecules even be able to fit into the sub? Please reply via e-mail, as I don't read this newsgroup too often. Thanks... -- Adrian Zannin ..{bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksvax,watmath,sbcs}!sunybcs!ugzannin CSNET: ugzannin@Buffalo.CSNET ARPANET: ugzannin%Buffalo@csnet-relay.ARPA BITNET: ugzannin@sunybcs.BITNET