Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 56 — page 79: what you’re looking at

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The real solution to this very real problem must lie somewhere between these extremes. All of us are constantly being bombarded with varying versions of the spacesuit via the covers of science fiction magazines, national weeklies, films, comics and television screens. If you look at Commander Cory or Tom Corbett you'll notice that their space helmets have face plates cut out of them, This serves two purposes: it keeps the actors from suffocating, and it keeps children from a similar fate when they demand a helmet just like that! In actual space conditions, cut- out visors would be rather a fatal handicap. : We do know that there must be some kind of pressure on the entire body at all times to keep a man alive in the great vacuum. Contrary to some reports, men would not burst like balloons upon the loss of air pressure. Sand-hogs, working in sealed under- water tunnels, often suffer from con- ditions similar to those men will encounter in space. Bends is_ the occupational hazard of these construc- tion men. When they return to normal atmospheric pressure too soon after being subjected to pressures three and four times greater than normal while working in underwater caissons, they experience dizziness, difficulty in breathing, and even paralysis. It is caused by release of tiny bubbles of nitrogen gas from solution in the bloodstream. Spacemen will also have to worry about the bends. However, the pressure differences spacemen will experience will be even greater than those felt by ground-hogs. Release of nitrogen will be a minor concern. Internal pressure will not be counteracted by a similar outside pressure. Blood vessels will rupture almost immediately when human skin is exposed to space. If that area is not covered soon or if a large area is exposed, death will be the result for the explorer. There is no question that the human body must be kept under pressure, but comicbooks.com