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		dbarlett on Aug 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does NASA use gold foil on equipment and gold-... Behold the Bioastronautics Data Book [1], featuring sections like "Generation and Composition of Flatus" [2] and "Buttock Areas and Thigh Dimensions" [3] and captions that start "Data obtained on two subjects in ejection seat attached to arm of underwater centrifuge..." [4] [1] http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1973NASSP3006.....P [2] https://secure.flickr.com/photos/40605738@N03/3737695623/in/... [3] https://secure.flickr.com/photos/40605738@N03/3737695681/in/... [4] http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1973NASSP3006.....P...

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