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From: ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin)
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Subject: Inconsistency in "The Fantastic Voyage"???
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 12:30:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 12:30:24 1985
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Reply-To: ugzannin@gort.UUCP (Adrian Zannin)
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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
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