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* Overall, the depiction of vacuum exposure is very realistic. The Tyrols get colder, but do not freeze immediately. While space is very cold, low pressure environments act as an insulator, making radiation the only way to lose heat; a process that takes time. Moreover, the two survive the evacuation from the airlock with relatively light injuries. Galen Tyrol suffers from joint pain afterwards and moves slowly, while his wife has to be treated for [[w:Decompression sickness|decompression sickness]]. In a closeup one can see that one of her eyes is bloodshot, showing that some of the blood vessels ruptured.
* Overall, the depiction of vacuum exposure is very realistic. The Tyrols get colder, but do not freeze immediately. While space is very cold, low pressure environments act as an insulator, making radiation the only way to lose heat; a process that takes time. Moreover, the two survive the evacuation from the airlock with relatively light injuries. Galen Tyrol suffers from joint pain afterwards and moves slowly, while his wife has to be treated for [[w:Decompression sickness|decompression sickness]]. In a closeup one can see that one of her eyes is bloodshot, showing that some of the blood vessels ruptured.
**See also science advisor [[Kevin Grazier]]'s [http://cinemaspy.ca/article.php?id=271 comments] on the science behind the episode.
**See also science advisor [[Kevin Grazier]]'s [http://cinemaspy.ca/article.php?id=271 comments] on the science behind the episode.
* Adama's comment about people living for as long as a minute conjures up the implication that the deaths depicted via "airlocking"—both human and Cylon—were not instantaneous and that some suffering may have resulted.
* Adama's comment about people living for as long as a minute conjures up the implication that the deaths depicted via "airlocking" -- both human and Cylon -- were not instantaneous and that some suffering may have resulted.
* As in "[[The Farm]]," the actors only "pretend" to freeze. The set isn't actually cold, since their breath can't be seen.
* As in "[[The Farm]]," the actors only "pretend" to freeze. The set isn't actually cold, since their breath can't be seen.
* A new derivative of "frak" makes its debut when Tyrol uses the acronym FUBAR, a real-life military term that in the Colonial context translates to "frakked up beyond all recognition".
* A new derivative of "frak" makes its debut when Tyrol uses the acronym FUBAR, a real-life military term that in the Colonial context translates to "frakked up beyond all recognition".

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