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- primehifi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+204I can picture people on the moon in 20-30yrs daring each other to run from building to building naked without oxygen masks.
Awwwww the times we'll have. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+106That really is damn interesting...
- Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+68"Looks like a great future stunt for David Blaine :)"
Even better: don't let him back in. - nicepants, on 10/12/2007, -4/+59Looks like a great future stunt for David Blaine :)
- gravylookout, on 10/12/2007, -2/+52I remember a ST:TNG episode where Jordy and Crusher had to open the cargo bay doors just long enough to expel some radioactive substance. Crusher suggested that they exhale hard to prevent their lungs from exploding and they had to manually close the doors with a leaver before they went unconscious. That seems pretty realistic to me. Way to go ST for doing your space vacuum homework!
- skymt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39So I guess Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect didn't almost die. They had a good minute and a half to spare when the Heart of Gold picked them up.
- bigd063, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29I think 2001: A Space Odyssey accurately depicted this.
- Hickeroar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28You couldn't fill your lungs with air because the lack of external pressure would cause them to rupture.... Read the article :)
- Jakyll, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26This was about the vacuum of space, not the atmosphere on Mars, so this neither proves nor disproves the result of Total Recall.
- DreKor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27http://duggmirror.com/space/Do_humans_explode_in_the_vacuum_of_space/
- CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24No, people 'implode' under water.
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy, was almost accurate.. You are just supposed to breath out.. not in! (Remember that kids..)
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26Haven't any of you watched Moonraker? They stay aloft until killed, then immediately plummet towards Earth.
- irieKEN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Article said that people would freeze very slowly, despite the intense cold, because the vacuum of space acts as an insulator.
- gb506, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19"The first effect is the expansion of gases within the lungs and digestive tract due to the reduction of external pressure."
So, you exhale immediately, point yourself towards the airlock, then let a gigantic fart to propel you to safety! - Rosco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I ran across the surface of Mars and all I needed was oxygen tanks every 20 seconds, in Doom 3. So it should be fine.
- SushiCW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18I anxiously await the Mythbusters episode based on this.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19This is good information. I had no idea of the actual effects.
Bigd063, I used to think that scene in 2001 where Dave goes into the ship without his helmet was inaccurate and that his head should have exploded. Now I can appreciate the movie more. - ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15What it really means is that our pressurized suits are a little overexaggerated for modern times. Maybe in the future they can make them a lot lighter and warmer by changing the materials of the suit and maybe the pressure of the inner lining instead of having them be giant balloons.
- IronKurton, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Don't understand why kokorhekkus got dugg down??
He was saying that the cause of the myth was that people thought that the human body is like a balloon: if you suddenly decrease the pressure outside, the balloon is eventually going to expand and burst. In water, there is so much pressure caused by water above you (if you're diving deep), that you literally get crushed without protection.
Now we know that the myth is busted because of the complicated internals in the human body. Anyway ++digg for kokorhekkus, and ++digg for parent for asking a question. People should never be dugg down for asking questions. - cryonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Event Horizon, from memory was close because the guy didnt explode but did bleed through his skin.
- anonym41414, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"Such a life-saving exhalation might be due to a shout of surprise"
They misspelled "scream of terror." - Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9It says that rupture happens under explosive decompression. My question is can we actually manipulate our bodies over a length of time to be able to handle that kind of stress. Just like deep sea divers have their decompression chambers, would there be a way for us to decompress to the point where the body would be able to withstand that absence of pressure but still supply oxygen to the body via helmet/mask. After all, "The human body is indeed a resilient machine."
- kokorhekkus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16You need to think about toward what the pressure inside the human body wants to equalize. Remember, space is pretty much vacuum.
- theRIAA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9i always thought that you froze instantly and died.
at least thats what happened when Carlos, from the magic school bus (***** yea), commited suicide by taking off his space helmet near pluto because he had no friends... seriously can anyone link to that episode? was that a dream or something? thats all i remember. - zweben, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Good times.
- Monchberter, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Good science.
- blueflame213, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7and with the expansion of air in your digestive tract, your fart may be much bigger than expected....
- xpose, on 10/12/2007, -14/+20So Total Recall wasn't accurate? Oh no. Even so, I'm gonna have to still stick with the Total Recall take on this space thing .. sorry folks. lol
- elpayo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You got what you want Cohagen. Now give deez peeple ayer.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Your abs might be as strong as an inch thick aluminum scuba tank, but mine sure arn't...
- bluehavana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Read the article.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I always thought that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey was bogus when he launched out of the vessel into the mother ship and pulled the handle to close the airlock and repressurized...but apparently kubrick was just ahead of his time...as usual.
- JupiterLander, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5here you go Machismo:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I really have to be more careful to not trip, fall and land in space.
- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The film Event Horizon, for all its faults, actually did a good job with this.
- tnoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Have you been running around in the vacuum of space, or are you just happy to see me?
- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7So Homer and Bart didn't pop like balloons when they bailed out of the rocket to the sun with Tom Arnold, Rosie O'Donnell, and Courtney Love?
- Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9So then is it possible to develop a decompression chamber to make it possible to survive in space with just a mask/breathing apparatus? Or would that just eventually turn you into a blob?
- BradC, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5In the absence of atmospheric pressure water will spontaneously convert into vapor, which would cause the moisture in a victim's mouth and eyes to quickly boil away.
The water in your eyes?!? That sounds like one of the suckiest ways to go. - vednode, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"The same effect would cause water in the muscles and soft tissues of the body to evaporate, prompting some parts of the body to swell to twice their usual size after a few moments."
Twice my usual size, eh? Eheheh. - IronKurton, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Mysogyni
http://library.thinkquest.org/28170/46.html
FTA:
(in meters):
7 – safe depth for diving with pure oxygen
13 – the limit of diving with pure oxygen
40 – danger of nitrogen narcosis
60 – the limit of diving with compressed air; diving can continue with a cocktail
350 – danger of HPNS
So I guess you die before you reach any point under which you would be crushed. - ez12a, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4have you watched Star Wars? where sound is heard in outer-space?
- Drunkenfool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4on the Halloween episode where Clinton and Bob Dole get ejected into space by homer, they struggle for a bit, then stop moving. no poppage.
- rockets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What, nobody reads the HHGTTG anymore ? You have 30 seconds to live
in the vacuum of space. - msgyrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They meant the water on the surface of your eyes, not *in* your eyes. When you reduce the pressure, the boiling point drops, so while it's still technically boiling (liquid turning to gas), it's going to be at the same temperature as, or slightly lower than, your normal body temperature. While completely dry eyes would be annoying, it's hardly the worst part of dying in space.
- cytokinesis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Not at all what I had imagined, that's for sure.
- blahblah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No, space IS an insulator. The heat stays in your body and in liquids for a long time, as it is only dissipated through radiation. Your blood and saliva do boil, but they are still at the same low temperature; they just go through a phase change at a low temperature at low pressures. Phase change can occur in an isothermic process.
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