Re: Surviving several seconds inspace without a suit

"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Drop me into space, my arteries, veins, skin, muscle are still going to
pretty much keep the blood where it is.

The areas you'll have problems are mucus membranes (like in the nose, though
I suspect it'll only be as bad as a typical bloody nose) and then in the
lungs.

One thing to consider is that even a very brief exposure to vacuum would
have very different outcomes in perfectly healthy and in less healthy
(or young vs. old) persons. You will have quite a bit of fluids (or
foam) in your lungs afterwards which can lead to death easily in anyone
with less than perfect lung function. The same is true for other
"side-effects" like embolisms caused by expanding arteries shedding
debris from their walls in cases with even mild and otherwise
symptomless Atherosclerosis. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the
majority of average adults wouldn't survive 10 seconds of vacuum.

Jochem

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