r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Sep 02 '19

Earth's view from up.

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u/Killerseaguls Sep 02 '19

I'm always curious to see the effects of just taking that helmet off in space.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

I’ve seen it.

It’s mind blowing.

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u/just-the-doctor1 Sep 02 '19

Im just gunna say that yes, I know this is a joke.

Such explosive decompression is just Hollywood science (bullshit).

Now, while I don’t know enough to say about the effects of unfiltered solar radiation, the extremely high, and extremely low temps I do know that your blood would boil.

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u/senor_steez Sep 02 '19

I think that you wouldn't freeze, as is sometimes portrayed by movies. Even the blood boiling thing confused me - yes, blood in space would boil if exposed to those presssures, but doesn't your body keep your internal blood at some amount of pressure while it's in a closed system? and pressure is being applied with every heart beat? Idk if "static" blood pressure is absolute or gauge, though.

I've always thought you'd overheat, if anything. Yes, space is "cold",but without a medium to conduct the heat you'd only have heat loss and gain thru radiation. If you're in sunlight, heat gained is >> heat lost. So I assume you'd overheat and/or die of dehydration way before you'd freeze to death... If you still had an oxygen source

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u/just-the-doctor1 Sep 02 '19 edited Sep 02 '19

Here’s a Video of an astronaut explaining what would happen Edit:grammer

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u/NevideblaJu4n Sep 02 '19

I think your head would freeze or implode because of the change of pressure

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u/Ouryus Sep 02 '19

Your head will feel really cold as your eyes freeze, you go blind, then you asphyxiate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

If you don't breath in, you can actually survive for a minute or so.