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Among the guns and fire-control apparatus of the after-section are eight inviting bunks. But at high altitude nobody is allowed to "sack out." Reason: an accidental pressure failure would fill the cabin with a frigid blue haze, and the loss of oxygen would kill a man in 30 seconds if he didn't slap on his oxygen mask. A sleeper would be a dead duck. A more earthy problem: the toilet mechanism won't work at high altitude. The most practical makeshift is a bucket, and by unwritten law, the first man who needs...
Fire. His wife arrived and peered down the hole in fright. He reassured her. But the police sent for a doctor and a priest. Oxygen was piped down the hole. Big floodlights were brought in; they threw a harsh, garish light over the scene and heated the air until the toiling cops were wet with sweat. At 8:30 there was a terrible interruption. A lighted cigarette was lowered down the well in a tin can; a few minutes after it reached the bottom there was an explosion-apparently caused by oxygen and seeping gasoline fumes. Fire filled the well...
...judge by Hess's analysis, Martian weather is pretty dull. If an earthling on Mars were able to breathe its atmosphere (containing little oxygen), he would see few clouds the year round. The wind might push him about a bit, but he would not have to worry about rain or snow. His worst problem would be the more extreme contrast between winter and summer. The Martian year (almost twice as long as the earthly year) allows Mars more time to heat up in summer, cool off in winter...
Inside a Blanket. The hospital asked for police help immediately-the baby, a prematurely born girl named Cheneta Holden, weighed only 2 Ibs. n oz., was almost certain to die if deprived of heat and oxygen for more than a few hours. A hundred policemen and detectives fanned out in a blind but desperate search...
...bought books on baby care; by using the heating pad and a hot-water bottle she had kept the temperature in the carriage at 96°-a few degrees warmer than the temperature of an incubator. She had boiled chemicals on an electric plate to provide extra oxygen in the room. She had fed the tiny infant correct formulas from well-sterilized bottles. At the hospital astounded physicians found that the baby had gained six ounces...