As lubricant, it coats, soothes, protects, contains antiseptic enzymes and immunoglobins, blankets the airways up the nose and down into the lungs, snags smoke particles from the air, and prevents the stomach from digesting itself in its own juices. Those sad crocodile tears will have to wait. It's not hard to fathom the white knuckles, throwing up or wetting one's pants. This drains blood from the face. Bloodless facial skin appears yellowish and thin, letting the blue of the veins show through.
Communications satellites do just that.
Now its centrifugal force offsets the colossal growing weight below. Unlike Star Trek's holodecks or warp drive, at least the ladder may be feasible. Subscribe to Cincinnati's Entertainment Newsletter . The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.