Strange Sound At Space Station

[asian1]

Hi
The astronauts inside the space station are startled by the mysterious sound. Is this sound from metal fatique?

Sound

[mikeymike]

Could be tribbles.

[blobrana]

Thats the trouble with them,
Flatulence...

Still, quit scary though...

Hum, i going to watch aliens now...

[KennyR]

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.

[that_punk_guy]

Ground controlllll to maaaaajor Tom...

And by God, thanks for the imagery, Kenny! :-D

[Dan]

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:

[KennyR]

Dan wrote:
You watch to much american television :lol:

I once watched a tomato exposed to hard vaccuum. Not a pretty sight. ;-)

[restore2003]

Maybe its just some rats crawling through the ventilation system  ;-)

[whabang]

Just what would happed to a human body, if exposed to vacuum? I remember the wonderful scenes from "Event horizon". Yuck!

[Dan]

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.

[whabang]

Answering my own question

[odin]

"...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

[whabang]

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...

[mikeymike]

with nothing for thousands of miles. You just don't know what's out there.

I'd say you've answered your own question :-)

[blobrana]

hehe








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