Author Topic: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?  (Read 3585 times)

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Andrij

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #1 on: 16 June, 2008, 10:24:26 pm »
1 minute 35 seconds.
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Wowbagger

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #2 on: 16 June, 2008, 10:25:46 pm »
I'm afraid I can't tell you that, Dave.
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andygates

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #3 on: 16 June, 2008, 10:40:11 pm »
1:29, about as long as I lasted on the Exmouth Exodus...
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Wascally Weasel

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #4 on: 16 June, 2008, 10:48:15 pm »
28 seconds according to Douglas Adams.

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #5 on: 16 June, 2008, 11:18:23 pm »
1min 41sec. Bring it on!  :P

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #6 on: 16 June, 2008, 11:26:37 pm »
The shortest time I've been able to get is 6 seconds  :P

For myself, I get 1:47.

I wonder what the transition point is between adult and middle aged?


nicknack

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #7 on: 16 June, 2008, 11:27:19 pm »
1 min 29 sec. But I don't suppose it would be 1 29s worth of fun.
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Jaded

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #8 on: 17 June, 2008, 12:06:02 am »
1:23

However I struggled with the concept of whether I was adult or middle-aged.
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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #9 on: 17 June, 2008, 12:24:23 am »
I see in one of their other quizzes (how many cannibals could your body feed), the cut off point from adult to middle aged is a criminally low 39  :(

Maladict

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #10 on: 17 June, 2008, 12:57:44 am »
*points* ha-ha

Oh... less than 3 years away.  :-[

I get 1:17.  Why, oh why am I such a poor vacuum survivor?

agagisgroovy

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #11 on: 17 June, 2008, 08:30:59 am »

Mind you, I'd guess even if you did get pulled back in the airlock within that time you'd be permantly disabled or die soon after.  :(

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #12 on: 17 June, 2008, 09:04:46 am »

Julian

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #13 on: 17 June, 2008, 09:11:07 am »
1 minute 11 seconds apparently.

rogerzilla

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #14 on: 17 June, 2008, 09:16:18 am »
I won't click the link at work, but I have held my breath (don't try this at home, kids) for 3 minutes.

I assume the nitrogen boiling in my veins would be the limiting factor.
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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #15 on: 17 June, 2008, 09:34:33 am »
1:23

However I struggled with the concept of whether I was adult or middle-aged.

Snap! I decided I was middle aged...

Elleigh

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #16 on: 17 June, 2008, 09:39:05 am »
1 min 5 apparently  :-\

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #17 on: 17 June, 2008, 09:51:39 am »
I got 1 minute 29 seconds.  If I put down the max weight I can get it up to 1.59.  I wonder why that is.  Anyone?

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #18 on: 17 June, 2008, 10:01:51 am »
I won't click the link at work, but I have held my breath (don't try this at home, kids) for 3 minutes.

I assume the nitrogen boiling in my veins would be the limiting factor.

Here's the small print:-
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Congrats! You could survive for 1 minute 35 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.

alchemy

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #19 on: 17 June, 2008, 10:37:38 am »
1 minute 11 seconds - but it doesn't sound like it would be the most exciting 1 minute 11seconds I've ever had  :-\

Flying_Monkey

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #20 on: 17 June, 2008, 10:38:29 am »
The vacuum of space is my natural habitat. I am just visiting you puny earthlings before I make my judgement on whether any of you will survive...  ;)

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #21 on: 17 June, 2008, 10:43:12 am »
1'17" for me too. It wasn't much even doing the test!

Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #22 on: 17 June, 2008, 07:51:02 pm »
54 seconds.

I am clearly doomed.


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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #23 on: 18 June, 2008, 11:47:23 am »
54 seconds.

I am clearly doomed.




Hardly, surely, the shorter the time the better in this scenario. You are the winner nutkin.

urban_biker

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Re: How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?
« Reply #24 on: 18 June, 2008, 11:52:50 am »
1:23

However I struggled with the concept of whether I was adult or middle-aged.

Snap! I decided I was middle aged...

I'll let you know when I reached middle age when I'm dead. Before that I will have no idea.
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