From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1154974142.255977.49540@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...   
   >I was told that if you venture into space without a suit, you will   
   > essentially explode due to lack of pressure.   
   >   
   > Out of curiosity, is this true?   
      
   The people who told you that know it's true because they saw it in a movie.   
      
   But in truth, no, you wouldn't explode.  One would have about 15 seconds of   
   consciousness.  Then in about 60 seconds one would be dead.  But one   
   wouldn't explode.   
      
   Arthur C. Clarke got so tired of this misconception that he saw to it "2001"   
   included a scene of an astronaut briefly exposed to vacuum.  But many movies   
   made well after "2001" continued to portray this inaccurately.   
      
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   Regards,   
   Mike Combs   
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