Jay, Jay, Jay! Have I spotted a mistake in your article?
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Originally Posted by Clavius
Wrong. Rawlings, for example, recommends that footballs be inflated to between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch. The Apollo space suits were inflated to only about 3.5 pounds per square inch.
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Surely the pressure in a football is gauge pressure or it would implode in the atmosphere? And surely the pressure in the space suits is absolute pressure or their pressurised to more than atmospheric?