How Long Could You Survive In Outer Space?
There are a lot of misconceptions about what happens to the human body in space.
Trace explains what would happen if you stepped out into the vacuum of space without a spacesuit.
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The Effect On The Chimpanzee Of Rapid Decompression To A
Near Vacuum
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix;=html&identifier;=AD0479738
“Eight chimpanzees, used in nine separate tests, were decompressed from
179 mm Hg (
100% oxygen) to less than 2 mm Hg in 0.8 seconds and remained at this altitude from 5 to 150 seconds.”
Experimental Animal Decompressions To A Near-Vacuum
Environment
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660005052
.pdf
“To estimate the times of consciousness, collapse, and survival of animals exposed to near-vacuum environments, 126 conscious dogs were rapidly decompressed in either 1 or 0.2 second from 35,
000 feet, while breathing oxygen, to a pressure less than 2mm.”
Human body emission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation#Human_body_emission
What’s
Outer Space like?
http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/space/401
.html
“Both the
Earth and the
International Space Station (
ISS) receive their heat (energy) from the Sun. However, the way heat is transferred is completely different.”
A Biometric
Study of
Human Basal Metabolism
http://www.ncbi
.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1091498/?page=4
Boyle’s Law
http://www.chemteam.info/GasLaw/Gas-Boyle.html
“Discovered by
Robert Boyle in 1662. On the continent of
Europe, this law is attributed to
Edme Mariotte, therefore those counties tend to call this law by his name. Mariotte, however, did not publish his work until
1676.”
Why
Does Water Boil In
The Vacuum of
Space?
http://zidbits.com/
2011/05/why-does-water-boil-in-the-vacuum-of-space/
“In science fiction shows and movies, when someone or something is exposed to the vacuum of space, they’re often shown to instantly freeze.”
How would the unprotected human body react to the vacuum of outer space?
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html
“If you don't try to hold your breath, exposure to space for half a minute or so is unlikely to produce permanent injury.”
Can You
Survive in Space
Without a
Spacesuit?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/
2007/08/can_you_survive_in_space_without_a_spacesuit.html
“In the new sci-fi film
Sunshine, an astronaut named
Mace must leave his spacecraft without a protective suit.”
How Long Could You Survive Unprotected
In Outer Space?
http://badassdigest.com/2014/08/03/how-long-could-you-survive-unprotected-in-outer-space/
“
Guardians of the Galaxy is very soft scifi, basically what we refer to as space opera. Being awesome and fun trumps things like the impossbility of crossing interstellar distances in minutes, you know?”
How long can a human survive in outer space?
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question540
.htm
Survival in Space Unprotected Is Possible--Briefly
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/survival-in-space-unprotected-possible/
“As far as certain death in a science fiction plot line goes, being ejected into the vacuum of space is more than a pretty sure thing.”
6 Myths
Everyone Believes about Space (
Thanks to
Movies)
http://www.cracked.com/article_19649_6-myths-everyone-believes-about-space-thanks-to-movies_p2.html
“
Let's say a meteorite landed in your yard, right now. You run out there and see the thing sitting in a little crater.”
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