Perpetual Silence Prevails in Empty Space


Air not only has direct value for life. Indirectly, it also has an important significance because to a far-reaching extent it influences natural phenomena that are extremely important for the functional activities of life: heat, light and sound.

Sound is a vibrational process of air and can, therefore, never exist in the absence of the latter. For this reason, a perpetual silence exists in empty space. The heaviest cannon could not be heard when fired, not even in its immediate vicinity. Normal voice communication would be impossible. Of course, this does not apply for the enclosed, pressurized rooms, within which the same atmospheric conditions will be maintained artificially as on the Earth's surface; it is true, however, outside of these rooms (in the space suit). There, voice communication would only be possible via telephones.


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