also, if you fell out of your spaceship without a spacesuit on death would not be instanta

neous. your lungs, as long as your windpipe was not forced shut, would not explode. It is widely believed you'd have 10-15 seconds of "useful consciousness" and it'd be several minutes before you'd die. If you were rescued within that time there's a decent chance you'd survive. Research with chimps and monkeys suggests that if you were exposed to a virtual vacuum for less than 90-120 seconds you might not suffer any permanent damage. FACT.

Posted By: Tombs on March 24th 2009 at 14:52:16


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