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Surviving in Space Without a Spacesuit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-just-wear-a-nice-sweater dept.

Geoffrey writes "The recent movie Sunshine features a scene (echoing the famous scene in 2001: a Space Odyssey) in which two astronauts have to cross from one ship to another without spacesuits. But, can you survive in space without a spacesuit? Morgan Smith, writing in Slate, asks whether this is realistic, and concludes: "Yes, for a very short time.""

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  1. Re:"Space Hickey"? by doombringerltx · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Not off topic. Space hickey is from TFA. Unfunny, sure, but not off topic

  2. Re:Imagine drowning if you couldn't hold your brea by xenocide2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm no genius on the subject, but isn't there the case that divers have significant "explosion" resistant forces due to the water they're surrounded by?

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  3. Re:Moving right along . . . by Hucko · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OKAY.

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