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On 1997-02-17 16:34 m2 Mobile (m2aqua@wo*.at*.ne*) wrote:
> "A scuba regulator is the steam engine of diving gear. It's been around=20
> for a long time. By comparison, a rebreather is like a space shuttle."=20
> Ed Thalmann/Duke University
Ooops!
The steam engine/space shuttle metaphore might backfire,
A (piston) steam engine is an inefficient but remarkably simple and cheap d=
evice that runs on anything from household garbage to plutonium. It's easy =
to service and maintain and if a better model comes on the market you can b=
uy a new one without going bankrupt.
Finally, to this date, the space shuttle has killed 5 (10 ?) percent of all=
its passengers.
(This is in no way a denounciation of rebreathers in general which I think =
is an exciting and promising technology, I just could not resist commenting=
on the metaphor)
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