Monday, November 27, 2006

Do humans explode in the vacuum of space?

From the Damn Interesting blog we read : In scores of science fiction stories, hapless adventurers find themselves introduced to the vacuum of space without proper protection. There is often screams and gasps as the increasingly bloated humans writhe and spasm. Their exposed veins and eyeballs soon bulge. The ill-fated adventurers rapidly swell like over-inflated balloons, ultimately bursting in a gruesome spray of blood. As is true with many subjects, this representation in popular culture does not reflect the reality of exposure to outer space.

Click the title for a more realistic discussion of the effects of exposure to space vacuum.

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