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I'm really curious about the small structures in his lungs. I would have feared them getting totally trashed by the pressure imbalance, making his lungs useles

I'm really curious about the small structures in his lungs. I would have feared them getting totally trashed by the pressure imbalance, making his lungs useless even after the outside pressure was restored.

pryce 8y ago
That's an interesting hypothesis. The alveoli are delicate and highly vascularized, but then they are also already evolved specifically to facilitate rapid gas exchange, and geared to rapidly offload our CO2. It would be fascinating to see empirical information about their performance in these conditions.