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1 posted on 04/17/2022 3:58:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 04/17/2022 3:58:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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"...including providing oxygen to breath and a barrier to dangerous radiations from space."

As well as pressure to keep the blood, piss, spit, and other disgusting fluids from boiling out our orifices. But I'm sure that was implied.
5 posted on 04/17/2022 4:12:16 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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A few years ago, I saw the Shuttle and ISS fly over just after they had undocked. They were about 30 seconds apart.


8 posted on 04/17/2022 4:31:58 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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For the mathematically inclined amongst us, just think what the volume is of this “collectively spanning less than 2 percent of Earth’s radius”!


12 posted on 04/17/2022 10:49:44 PM PDT by SES1066 (More & more it looks like Brandon's best decision was Kamala! UGH!)
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