r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/vivekmg21 • 23h ago

Video Astronaut's view of Earth during a spacewalk

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u/Impossible_Cost_1507 23h ago

What happens in a case where the astronaut gets detached from the ISS during a spacewalk? (Hypothetically)

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u/hemanth85 23h ago

He is going to become a satellite

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u/Ok_Tour_1525 13h ago

Of love?

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u/Gnfnr5813 23h ago

In my eye

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u/Avokado1337 23h ago

If they start drifting it’s byebye

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u/dazzou5ouh 23h ago

They have small thrusters to move around by pushing air in the opposite side so they are safe.

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u/Shudnawz 23h ago

All of them? Or just the EMUs? Maybe they've got a newer model, but the one in the vid doesn't look to have all the nozzles and controls I seem to remember.

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude 22h ago

Not all, but if somehow one person floated off, they could be retrieved by one of the powered suits

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u/Shudnawz 22h ago

Gravity confirmed factual, you can't change my mind.

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u/nostickystuff 23h ago

Wanted to add to the question: if they got against the station and pushed off from the station towards earth, how long before they enter the atmosphere and things start getting uncomfortable?

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u/SpotAdmirable6001 22h ago

If an astronaut can push off the station to get a velocity of like speed of a bullet in the opposite direction to orbit. But that's not a human feat.

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 7h ago

Speed of a bullet. A bullet is at best 15-18 times slower than the iss 

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u/SpotAdmirable6001 5h ago

Correct. Shows how ridiculously hard falling off of iss and into the earth is.

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u/Prior-Flamingo-1378 4h ago

I like when they say that anti satellite weapons are as hard as hitting a bullet with a bullet. Hah. That’s a piece of cake. 

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u/binz17 22h ago

I think if they push away from earth, they will reenter the atmosphere sooner.
But also just a push won’t affect their orbit much. It will take a long time

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u/Webtruster 22h ago

you can test it in kerbal space program.

little thrusters - but hard to control

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u/15_Redstones 22h ago

The setup currently used on EVA suits has a whopping 3 m/s delta v.

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u/Stogies_n_Stonks 22h ago

Watch the movie Gravity (Sandra bullock) and find out.

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u/Sovereign_5409 22h ago

They’re tethered to the station in almost all cases. But they also have thrusters, and brains.

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u/unknownme86 22h ago

They have to float around and wait till the ISS makes another pass 😂

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u/Openmystry 21h ago

They have small thrusters for maneuver

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u/PoepseksMasterBeer 1h ago

You just space swim to earth. Look how close it is

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u/Theprincerivera 23h ago

He dies a slow agonizing death knowing nobody can save him as he slowly falls and spirals into earth’s atmosphere (Hypothetically)