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Posted by on August 12, 2006, 5:57 pm
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I was told that if you venture into space without a suit, you will
essentially explode due to lack of pressure.
Out of curiosity, is this true?
Thank you.
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Posted by John A. Weeks III on August 12, 2006, 10:49 pm
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mike7411@gmail.com wrote:
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> I was told that if you venture into space without a suit, you will
> essentially explode due to lack of pressure.
>
> Out of curiosity, is this true?
Check out the scene in 2001 when the astronaut Dave moves from
the pod to the spacecraft without his helmet. I have been told
that this scene is pretty accurate, except that Dave probably
would not have wanted to take a deep breath before making the
transfer.
Rather than exploding, it is more likely your skin would start
to boil. With the low pressure, the water in your skin would
start to vaporize.
-john-
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Posted by Andrew Plotkin on August 13, 2006, 12:48 am
Please log in for more thread options Here, mike7411@gmail.com wrote:
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> I was told that if you venture into space without a suit, you will
> essentially explode due to lack of pressure.
>
> Out of curiosity, is this true?
No.
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for one reason: they don't feel like it. Not because you're innocent.
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Posted by delt0r on August 13, 2006, 3:16 am
Please log in for more thread options I though this as well. It turns out this is wrong. If you google these
groups you will find a lot of info. Also the NASA web site has a FAQ
somewhere that includes this question.
Greg
mike7411@gmail.com wrote:
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> I was told that if you venture into space without a suit, you will
> essentially explode due to lack of pressure.
>
> Out of curiosity, is this true?
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> Thank you.
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Posted by Doug Devers on August 13, 2006, 1:47 pm
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>I was told that if you venture into space without a suit, you will
> essentially explode due to lack of pressure.
> Out of curiosity, is this true?
No. You'd die pretty quickly, and you might bloat a bit, but you would
remain essentially intact.
Check out: http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/vacuum.html
dgd
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> essentially explode due to lack of pressure.
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> Out of curiosity, is this true?