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Old 11-August-2006, 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Kelfazin View Post
Well they could just do what the characters in sci fi books do when they want to speak without their voices being transmitted, they can touch their spacesuit visors together. The soundwaves can travel between the suits due to contact.

I'm not arguing against what you stated because I know that's not the point you were making. Just adding a comment

Oh, yeah--it's in several of Lois McMaster Bujold's books, and I'm okay with that--because there's a medium to transmit sound, so it's not despite vacuum.
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