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- From: denisf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Denis Fafard)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: Vacuum Question
- Message-ID: <oZRsXB4w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 14:24:35 MST
- References: <1993Jan18.144448.56920@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- cre1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (CHRISTOPHER R. EMERSON) writes:
-
- -
- - Here's a question about space I've had for quite some time, hopefully one of
- - you has more insight than I:
- -
- - If you were suddenly to find yourself floating in space (no pressure suit),
- - what would happen to your body? Would (as some people say) you simply blow
- - up? (inside pressure>>outside pressure) or would you just suffocate and
- - freeze?
- -
- I believe that this topic was covered in the star.trek.tech group. From
- what I read (and this is just a brief summary) the eventual conclusion
- reached was that you would NOT explode. I vaguely remember something
- about you being able to survive for a short period of time, (matter of
- seconds) then the body having some affects from the cold and death.
- That, all under 20 seconds or so ?? Perhaps scan back thru the posts
- and see if it is still there.
-
- (actually, could have been here that I read it!)
-
- --
- Denis Fafard denisf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
-