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Sunday’s science question: Can You Survive in Space Without a Spacesuit?

Orac August 19, 2007 26 Comments

The answer, apparently, is yes, but only for a very short time.

I guess the whole exploding heads thing when people are exposed to vacuum (Outland) or just the very low atmospheric pressure on Mars (Total Recall) is a bit of an exaggeration.

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