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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Science and Technology => Topic started by: asian1 on April 03, 2004, 11:59:04 PM
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Hi
The astronauts inside the space station are startled by the mysterious sound. Is this sound from metal fatique?
Sound (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=4&u=/ap/20040402/ap_on_sc/space_station)
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Could be tribbles.
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Thats the trouble with them,
Flatulence...
Still, quit scary though...
Hum, i going to watch aliens now...
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It must be disconcerting to say the least. From a fear of the unknown point of view, you're out in the middle of darkness with nothing for thousands of miles. You just don't know what's out there.
And then there's the practical point of view. If you're unlucky enough to be in a space station that suffers a hull breach, just hope your brain comes out your ears first before you get to see your colon. That can't be a comforting thought.
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Ground controlllll to maaaaajor Tom...
And by God, thanks for the imagery, Kenny! :-D
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KennyR wrote:
It must be disconcerting to say the least. From a fear of the unknown point of view, you're out in the middle of darkness with nothing for thousands of miles. You just don't know what's out there.
Some micrometeorite? Or the secret japanese anime-robot satellite defense? :-)
And then there's the practical point of view. If you're unlucky enough to be in a space station that suffers a hull breach, just hope your brain comes out your ears first before you get to see your colon. That can't be a comforting thought.
You watch to much american television :lol:
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Dan wrote:
You watch to much american television :lol:
I once watched a tomato exposed to hard vaccuum. Not a pretty sight. ;-)
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Maybe its just some rats crawling through the ventilation system ;-)
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Just what would happed to a human body, if exposed to vacuum? I remember the wonderful scenes from "Event horizon". Yuck!
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KennyR wrote:
Dan wrote:
You watch to much american television :lol:
I once watched a tomato exposed to hard vaccuum. Not a pretty sight. ;-)
But a tomato isn´t a human body its softer. Although it probably would totally screw up your bloodsystem and internal organs. Probably heartproblems and internal bledding to death.
I know that it is teoretical possible to do a fast spacewalk unprotected and survive(probably with severe injuries, I think it´s safe to say that you would get heavy cold or heat damage ):-)
. I also know that lack of oxygen or cold/heat isn´t what you die of, so I assume it must be vacuumdamage. But I know for a fact that people don´t explode.
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Answering my own question (http://www.treitel.org/Richard/rass/invacuo.html)
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"...What happened: when the metal bar punctured the glove, the skin of the astronaut's hand partially sealed the opening. He bled into space, and at the same time his coagulating blood sealed the opening enough that the bar was retained inside the hole."
Selfsealing spacesuits? :-D
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odin wrote:
"...What happened: when the metal bar punctured the glove, the skin of the astronaut's hand partially sealed the opening. He bled into space, and at the same time his coagulating blood sealed the opening enough that the bar was retained inside the hole."
Selfsealing spacesuits? :-D
Saw that. It must have hurt...
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with nothing for thousands of miles. You just don't know what's out there.
I'd say you've answered your own question :-)
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hehe
[in space, no-one can hear you dream...]
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Mikeymike wrote:
with nothing for thousands of miles. You just don't know what's out there.
I'd say you've answered your own question
Sure, sure. The guys in Deliverance thought that too. :nervous:
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Maybe its just some rats crawling through the ventilation system
Mutant radioactive rats?
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Then they may face some serious problems ;-)
"Abandon ship!"
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asian1 wrote:
Hi
The astronauts inside the space station are startled by the mysterious sound. Is this sound from metal fatique?
Sound (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=4&u=/ap/20040402/ap_on_sc/space_station)
I wonder if it's simply a bodily function nobody want's to admit to.
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@mikeymike
Mutant radioactive rats?
Hum, SPLINTER, was mentor to 'The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles`...
But i doubt that even he could get aboard the ISS, (spiders and fleas, etc, yes)...
:-)
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Update on Noise:
TsUP/Moscow continues to look into the cause of the
anomalous noise heard last week in the vicinity of Foale's sleep compartment in the SM (module).
They figure the main suspect is a ventilation fan, and cleaning its screen will be scheduled ASAP.
However, TsUP may also have the general location of the noise inspected from the outside during EVA-10, on 22,7,2004 (just in case it`s a borg device).
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Someone forgot to replace the phone handset properly :-)
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whabang wrote:
odin wrote:
"...What happened: when the metal bar punctured the glove, the skin of the astronaut's hand partially sealed the opening. He bled into space, and at the same time his coagulating blood sealed the opening enough that the bar was retained inside the hole."
Selfsealing spacesuits? :-D
Saw that. It must have hurt...
At least it seems exposure to vacuum conditions is over pretty quick - total loss of conciousness within 15 seconds or so. You won't have to worry about how big your ass looks after a minutes worth of your bodie's liquid content evaporating / degassing...
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Incidentally did you read the bit about the technician accidentally depressurised to vacuum? 30 seconds of exposure and after repressurisation he recovered with "no apparent injury sustained"....
...but I bet his ears popped damn hard!
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Karlos:
Incidentally did you read the bit about the technician accidentally depressurised to vacuum? 30 seconds of exposure and after repressurisation he recovered with "no apparent injury sustained"....
:-? I wonder what the long-term side effects were. I can't imagine that there weren't any.
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Hum,
Sounds like something for EuroDisney...
Good clean fun , er, apart from the blood leaking from your ears...
Can`t wait!