Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+

Science In space, will you boil or freeze, sudden exposure to vaccum

views
     
mumeichan
post Jun 3 2012, 12:45 PM

Member
*******
Senior Member
4,152 posts

Joined: May 2005
QUOTE(soul2soul @ Oct 12 2011, 03:21 PM)
He speculates only.... I think he is assuming 0 atmospheric pressure but not taking into consideration the temperature factor.

Anway, won't our body freeze after few minutes of exposure to -200 Celsius?
*
1st of all the temperature in space isn't exactly -200°C. To have a temperature there has to be something some kind of matter however it is a vacuum in space, therefore there is actually no temperature. So the only way the body can lose heat is through radiation.

In fact a vacuum would be considered insulating and this principle has been well exploited in making thermost flasks.

 

Change to:
| Lo-Fi Version
0.0149sec    0.58    6 queries    GZIP Disabled
Time is now: 1st December 2025 - 02:23 AM