What would really happen if you were exposed to vacuum?
People often ask: how realistic is the scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey where Bowman makes a space-walk without a helmet? How long could you survive in vacuum? Would you explode? Would you survive? How long would you remain conscious? The quick answers to these questions are: Clarke got it about right in 2001. You…
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Geoffrey A. Landis
