yes, its semi-accurate.
the human body is under pressure from within. With no air pressure (vacuum) there is nothing to stop your (any) body from expanding outward. This will eventually cause you to rupture and you will die.
edit: space is also very cold. no matter what you will die unprotected in space.
Don't forget about shitting yourself!The side of you facing away from the sun will be ice cold and likely frozen solid.
The side facing the sun will instantly cook if not burst into flame.
The side of you facing away from the sun will be ice cold and likely frozen solid.
The side facing the sun will instantly cook if not burst into flame.
yes, its semi-accurate.
the human body is under pressure from within. With no air pressure (vacuum) there is nothing to stop your (any) body from expanding outward. This will eventually cause you to rupture and you will die.
edit: space is also very cold. no matter what you will die unprotected in space.
Don't forget about shitting yourself!
You die from asphyxiation. Your body is more than tough enough not to explode. You will suffer the bends however.
Also while the sun is hot and space is cold, heat transfer occurs via radiation which absolutely sucks compared to conduction or convection. You won't freeze or burn very fast either.
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Watching Outland tonight and they have probably 5 deaths by being exposed to no atmosphere. They all blow up like balloons and their heads explode. Now Outland is not the only flick to show this, but is it accurate? If so, how do we know?
That's actually quite fascinating and probably worthy of a TIL post on reddit.
The side of you facing away from the sun will be ice cold and likely frozen solid.
The side facing the sun will instantly cook if not burst into flame.
By putting gerbils in vacuum chambers and pumping the air out of course.
Now a space habitat would have a low atmosphere pressure with a high oxygen content to compensate so "Explosive" decomp would be rare. Your blood will boil out every orifice and turn you into a giant purple hickey? Yes. Your brains expand, take out the weakest part of the skull and ooze out your nose? Yes. Your guts and everything in them blow out your mouth and ass? Yes. This should last a few hours as your body heat radiates into the nothing of space.
As you first step out you may have thirty seconds to a minute before permanent damage occurs. So get your ass back in the airlock!
Divers D1, D2 and D3 were exposed to the effects of explosive decompression and died in the positions indicated by the diagram. Subsequent investigation by forensic pathologists determined D4, being exposed to the highest pressure gradient, violently exploded due to the rapid and massive expansion of internal gases. All of his thoracic and abdominal organs, and even his thoracic spine were ejected, as were all of his limbs. Simultaneously, his remains were expelled through the narrow trunk opening left by the jammed chamber door, less than 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter. Fragments of his body were found scattered about the rig. One part was even found lying on the rig's derrick, 10 metres (30 ft) directly above the chambers. The deaths of all four divers were most likely instantaneous.
