home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   sci.space.tech      Technical and general issues related to      3,113 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 3,054 of 3,113   
   David to Mike Combs   
   Re: space without a suit   
   20 Aug 06 01:25:39   
   
   From: someone@from.dk   
      
   Mike Combs wrote:   
   >  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.   
      
   Actually, if you hold your breath while decompressing to vacuum, your   
   lungs may just explode (or do something very similar). But agreed, your   
   whole body won't go *pop* like in the movies ;) .   
      
      
   --   
   David   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca