Website review: Human Body in a Vacuum
Someone discovered this in Astronomy
•49 reviews since Jul 29, 2004
astronomy, space, science
•imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/...
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Talonz24 rated 27 months ago- Interesting information! Was always a bit curious how fast you'd freeze... now I know that thanks to our body, not very vast at all. :p And movies are often times not very scientifically accurate. ^^
- impactred rated 27 months ago
- My blood is going to boil!!! Augh! It's good to know for when I fall out of an airlock in 50 years.
- veryanon rated 27 months ago
- From the page: "How would the unprotected human body react to the vacuum of outer space? Would it inflate to bursting? or would it not?"
- ComputerMan rated 35 months ago
- The answer to this question is several times less painful and gruesome than I expected it to be! I still don't plan on trying it anytime soon, though.
- endlessoul rated 36 months ago
- Two thumbs up! Informative! Plus, now I know I can last in space for a short amount of time. Although, I'd have to empty my lungs, and suffer some serious injuries. :)
- CharlesHB rated 36 months ago
- Yes alcamus I grew up believing those self same things - interesting - I wonder how that came to be so?
- culverin2 rated 38 months ago
- "You do not explode and your blood does not boil because of the containing effect of your skin and circulatory system. You do not instantly freeze because, although the space environment is typically very cold, heat does not transfer away from a body quickly. Loss of consciousness occurs only after the body has depleted the supply of oxygen in the blood. If your skin is exposed to direct sunlight without any protection from its intense ultraviolet radiation, you can get a very bad sunburn."
