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Old 10th March 2007, 09:52 PM   #21 (permalink)
mosaix
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Re: Silly Science in Science Fiction

Many people seem to think that you can't hear sound in outer space - this isn't true.

One way sound is transmitted is by gas. An explosion or a rocket engine produces an expanding gas cloud and this is quite enough to transmit the corresponding sound. Of course it would dissipate, probably quite quickly, but before that happens, if it reached a human ear, then so would the sound.
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