Krisboats Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Basically, if you fell out of a spaceship (in space) with a lung full of air, could you survive for a few seconds/minutes?As far as i was aware mate the best way to survive in a vacuum would be to expel all the air from your lungs to balance the pressure and subsequently keeping you alive that slightly shorter amount longer than having the air ripped from inside you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 lmao, really random, but i suppose youd be able to last a minute?just like underwater id imagine.Matx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) If you mean in space you'd probably die instantly as all air inside you will try to expand to match the presure outside.If you were in a space suit of some sort I'd imagine you can float around for a bit then die.Would be so cool to float around in space, if you weren't dying of course Edited February 2, 2008 by ZeroMatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 You'd just float around. I reckon you could make yourself spin just from swinging your leg or arm and stoppng it sharply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 The guide also says that you will be picked up within the time it takes to die, but at an almost infinite probability of you dying anyway. So you're toast really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 You'd probably freeze to death befor you exploded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 You'd just float around. I reckon you could make yourself spin just from swinging your leg or arm and stoppng it sharply.nobecause you'd need something to push against, like air or water, for that to work. The result of doing it would make you look like a berk hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hI-OOPS-CAPS Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 your eyes would pop, and veins close to surface of skin would go bang. not literally bang cus sound doesnt travel in space.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 yeah you'd die a very silent death chances you'd be completely frozen before you knew much about it, which raises the question if you were to jump out of a spaceship far from the sun would you be cryogenically frozen and never really die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidehop Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 yeah you'd die a very silent death chances you'd be completely frozen before you knew much about it, which raises the question if you were to jump out of a spaceship far from the sun would you be cryogenically frozen and never really die?Trust you G*... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 The result of doing it would make you look like a berk Lol had best not try that when I take a spacewalk on the way to moon city then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Trust you G*...What, it's an interesting theory, just forever more suspended until the end of our universe. god, I need to go easy on the spliff, i think i'm going insane. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted February 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 nobecause you'd need something to push against, like air or water, for that to work. The result of doing it would make you look like a berk heheYou can bend your limbs in a weightless scenario, as the limbs are on hinges and the muscles are pushing/pulling them about. So no water or air (please note you can't actually use air to push yourself along anyway ) is needed in order to quickly flex a limb and stop it dead. In fact, thats how you move in a weightless environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) Haha, I love this thread Discussing how badly you would die in space I think you'd be killed until you die of it....Jarrod[EDIT] Just to add.....You can't "Fall" out of a space ship if you were in space Edited February 2, 2008 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br3n Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 How would you move? Would there be 'air resistance' so you could swim around?if you have something like a spanner in ur hand, by throwing it infront of you, you move backwards:o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 You can bend your limbs in a weightless scenario, as the limbs are on hinges and the muscles are pushing/pulling them about. So no water or air (please note you can't actually use air to push yourself along anyway ) is needed in order to quickly flex a limb and stop it dead. In fact, thats how you move in a weightless environment.i should've done a-level physics...yeah, to move in space you need to push one thing one way for you to go the other... which is why i mentioned air. But i spose throwing your body parts around like you're brain-broke would move you somewhat. I think the simpler idea is to stay in the spaceshipas for, wouldn't you be cryogenically frozen and not die, even if you froze, the pressure difference would still make you explode. So instead of you exploding in lumps of body-goo, you'd explode into shards of ex-penis, finger, arse, ribcage, so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted February 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 i should've done a-level physics...yeah, to move in space you need to push one thing one way for you to go the other... which is why i mentioned air. But i spose throwing your body parts around like you're brain-broke would move you somewhat. I think the simpler idea is to stay in the spaceshipIts completely possible to flick your entire body round 360 degrees with a quick flick of your wrist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Its completely possible to flick your entire body round 360 degrees with a quick flick of your wrist yeah, in space, one has to be wary of dizziness whilst having a wank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Doesn't make a difference how much air you had in your lungs.You'd burn up on re-entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 you are definitely not going to get as far as the atmosphere man!and those saying that you'd freeze...it would depend on where you fell out....IE: in view of the sun or not..solar radiation makes satellites round earth get up to thousand of degrees K...you could have one side of you boiling and the other freezing...nice.i don't know how quickly the vacuum would do you over....probably instantaneously...other things to worry about would be space debris..dust...millimetre sized particles moving at ~20km/s...ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) Cant we drop a shaved monkey into space or somthing and see what happens? im intregued now. Edited February 2, 2008 by Tom_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 I think the simple answer is we just don't know because it has never happened, unless of couses it has and NASA have covered it up! Has anyone watched the film Total Recall, arnold schwarzenegger goes out onto the suface of mars I think and lasts a few minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroMatt Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Lol but that's Arnie and the laws of physics don't apply to him in movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_ Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 (edited) Thats why we need the shaved monkey I mentioned eariler. Edited February 3, 2008 by Tom_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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