From: john.thingstad@chello.no   
      
   On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:51:15 +0200, Audi  wrote:   
      
   > As far as I am aware, the vaccuum of space has one atom per cubic metre   
   > so   
   > your body would be frozen fairly quickly in -268 degree Celsius void of   
   > space... but I cannot confirm this fact off the top of my head. I also   
   > suspect that exposed skin would be fried by the solar radiation and winds   
   > that the ozone layer currently protects us from feeling on a daily basis.   
      
   Cold is a relative thing.   
   There is nothing to conduct the heat so the only way to loose heat is   
   through radiation.   
   It's more like a thermos really. Vacuum is a excellent insulator.   
   In spacecraft the real challenge is to loose heat.   
   Not a problem.   
      
   Solar radiation is not a problem.   
   By the time it takes effect you would be long dead.   
   It's not that different from radiation sickness.   
   It takes hours to take effect.   
   More like a sunburn except that it penetrates the entire body not just the   
   skin.   
      
   If you don't breathe out your lungs can burst.   
   Now that's painful. Also you eardrums might burst.   
   Also vessels in you nose might burst.   
   Apart that the loss of pressure gives you the worst case of the bends ever.   
   Judging from experience with divers it should take about 3 minutes to take   
   effect.   
   By then you should already start loosing consciousness from asphyxiation.   
   This is what would probably kill you.   
      
   So if they can get you inside within 3 minutes you should have a chance.   
      
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