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Kryptic Minds, you make this essay go by faster. Easy.
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Languenti ex sidere languor (I grow weak from the weakness of the sun)
Nikolaus Stuber, from Historica notitia rerum Boicarum (Historical facts from the life of Boethius*), by Johann Edlweckh, Stadtamhof (Regensburg), 1746.
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“Human skin does not need to be protected from vacuum and is gas-tight by itself. Instead it only needs to be mechanically compressed to retain its normal shape. This can be accomplished with a tight-fitting elastic body suit and a helmet for containing breathing gases, known as a space activity suit.” Wikipedia.
To the Tombaugh Station. Ace Double D-479. Ed Valigursky. 1960.
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