Author Topic: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?  (Read 1906 times)

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2012, 11:18:44 AM »
Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 35 seconds !

In the first 30 seconds any fluid on the surface of your body would begin to boil due to lack of ambient pressure, this includes the saliva on your tongue and the moisture in your eyes. Your eardrums would most likely burst due to the pressure in your body trying to equalize with the vacuum outside. Unlike what some science fiction films have suggested, your body would not explode.

After the first 15 seconds you would lose consciousness. If you held your breath you could potentially stay alive longer but you risk pulmonary trauma. If you didn't hold your breath you'd pass out sooner, but your lungs might have a better chance of avoiding permanent damage.

The pressure in your veins would rise until your heart no longer had the capacity to pump blood, at which point you'd die.
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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2012, 11:44:02 AM »
1:53  :rock

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2012, 11:45:09 AM »
How many Justin Bieber's could you take in a fight?
http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/justin_bieber

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2012, 11:51:16 AM »
How many Justin Bieber's could you take in a fight?
http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/justin_bieber


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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2012, 11:54:49 AM »
How long could you survive chained to a bed with a velociraptor?
http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/velociraptor_bed

I'd be good for 47 seconds.  :uhoh

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2012, 12:02:30 PM »
How long could you survive chained to a bed with a velociraptor?
http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/velociraptor_bed

I'd be good for 47 seconds.  :uhoh

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2012, 01:02:40 PM »
In a zero pressure atmosphere water boils at 32 degrees F. You're pretty much nothing but vapor after the first second.

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2012, 02:06:15 PM »
In a zero pressure atmosphere water boils at 32 degrees F. You're pretty much nothing but vapor after the first second.

Not true...  You don't turn to vapor....  You don't explode..  All the sci-fi movies with people exposed to vacuum are horse manure..
The scene in 2001 when Dave Bowman has to go from the pod to the air-lock without a helmet is probably the most realistic.. 
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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2012, 02:08:21 PM »
I must be underestimating how good of physical shape I'm in..  You guys are all getting 1:20 seconds or more....  Mine said 1:17... 
I can suck vacuum longer than that...  lol  For sure....
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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #24 on: January 06, 2012, 03:06:56 PM »
Not true...  You don't turn to vapor....  You don't explode..  All the sci-fi movies with people exposed to vacuum are horse manure..
The scene in 2001 when Dave Bowman has to go from the pod to the air-lock without a helmet is probably the most realistic.. 

Battlestar Galactica gets it right too.

That said, I don't believe the experts who say vacuum is survivable that long.  I want to see what they're basing their claims off of.  Just like I don't believe experts who say they found evidence of recent liquid water on Mars.  Chemistry says people explode in space, and H2O isn't liquid on Mars.
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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2012, 03:25:42 PM »
1:41  :confused:


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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2012, 04:19:32 PM »
1:11, and kinda scary thinking about the idea of that happening  :lol
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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2012, 04:30:12 PM »
It's a cool way to die though  :uhoh

And then your body floats for eternity through space, until that large object of gravitational pull comes along.  ;)

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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2012, 05:23:40 PM »
1min 29 crack open the Johnny walker!!!
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Re: How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2012, 10:20:37 PM »
Battlestar Galactica gets it right too.

That said, I don't believe the experts who say vacuum is survivable that long.  I want to see what they're basing their claims off of.  Just like I don't believe experts who say they found evidence of recent liquid water on Mars.  Chemistry says people explode in space, and H2O isn't liquid on Mars.



Chemistry does not show that people explode in a vacuum..  And it wouldn't have to do with Chemistry, it'd be physics in the first place..  You're basing that off of movies like Outland which make it gory for entertainment purposes..  And yes, liquid water can exist on Mars under certain conditions..  Perhaps you do not read enough..   :rolleyes:

They are basing their claims off of incidents like this...  This guy was exposed to vacuum after a hose from his suit broke loose..  He didn't explode..  He survived...  And lived to tell about how he could feel the saliva boiling off of his tongue..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO8L9tKR4CY

So, you go to Purdue?  Apparently you're not paying attention in school there..  Purdue is well known for making astronauts... Shame on you..
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