Dear R.:
Everything?
Dr D would seek umbrage at the statement that the alluded-to web site, or anything else for that matter, contains all that you would want to know about decompression. The standard question asked of me is, If everyone follows the same safe decompression table, why does one dive get DCS and not the others? Certainly, the answers to some questions are not contained in decompression theory.
Now, quite frankly, I believe what you had in mind was everything concerning table design.
Table Design
The problem with decompression theory is that it is not quite as easy as it looks. We have a lot of post hoc, propter hoc. That is to say, if it works, it is because the theory is correct. That is not necessarily true. Haldanes method works very well but is not correct for the reasons given. There have been modifications proposed, but they have been difficult to prove and some of the modifications themselves have been incorrect. I believe that some of the answers have come about because of my research program at NASA. . This concerns the nature of the nuclei and the meaning of the half time tissues. This is not to imply that all is known, but some progress has been made.
Cost
Actually devising tests to test the mechanisms of decompression are expensive ans some are time consuming and some are dangerous. It cannot be expected that all will be worked out in a short period of time. But, no one ever said that it would be fast.
Dr Deco :doctor:
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