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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