How Long Could You Survive In The Vacuum Of Space?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by dgridley, Jun 12, 2008.

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    How long could you survive?

    http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/v/space_vacuum

    Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 5 seconds !
    In the first 30 seconds any fluid on the surface of your body would begin to boil due to lack of ambient pressure, this includes the saliva on your tongue and the moisture in your eyes. Your eardrums would most likely burst due to the pressure in your body trying to equalize with the vacuum outside. Unlike what some science fiction films have suggested, your body would not explode.

    After the first 15 seconds you would lose consciousness. If you held your breath you could potentially stay alive longer but you risk pulmonary trauma. If you didn't hold your breath you'd pass out sooner, but your lungs might have a better chance of avoiding permanent damage.

    The pressure in your veins would rise until your heart no longer had the capacity to pump blood, at which point you'd die.

     
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  2. Ichigo91

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    1 min 5 sec
     
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    Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 23 seconds !
     
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    1 minute 29 seconds for me. But I am not able to understand that how they calculate this. I mean by which method....
     
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    Probably by the answers your choosing, but there arent much, so almost everyone will get the same result.
     
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    1min 47secs, I selected expel the air from my lungs, I wonder how much of a difference that made?
     
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    1 min 29 sec :eek:
     
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    GRR!!! It's an attempt to collect email addresses!!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:
     
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    #9
    You can fill in fake stuff...

    Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 17 seconds !
     
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    Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 17 seconds !
     
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    Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 23 seconds !
     
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    #12
    1 minute 23 seconds.
    based on age, exercise, weight etc.etc....
    But don't want to be in vacuum :D
     
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    Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 17 seconds !

    In the first 30 seconds any fluid on the surface of your body would begin to boil due to lack of ambient pressure, this includes the saliva on your tongue and the moisture in your eyes. Your eardrums would most likely burst due to the pressure in your body trying to equalize with the vacuum outside. Unlike what some science fiction films have suggested, your body would not explode.
    After the first 15 seconds you would lose consciousness. If you held your breath you could potentially stay alive longer but you risk pulmonary trauma. If you didn't hold your breath you'd pass out sooner, but your lungs might have a better chance of avoiding permanent damage.
    The pressure in your veins would rise until your heart no longer had the capacity to pump blood, at which point you'd die.
     
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    I read a star wars comic book where Jabba does that to someone
     
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    Hm, I didn't even notice having to fill in an email address?
     
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    #16
    i guess it will be less than a min or just a few sec
     
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