Q: Myself and some friends were watching TV footage of a Russian spacewalk and began to wonder what would happen to an unprotected human body ejected into space. Would it explode immediately, freeze quickly or a combination of both, depending on whether it was ejected into sunlight or shade? We are dying to know.
A: Many science-fiction films suggest that you would explode but this is not the case. As depicted in
A: Contrary to popular belief, a human body ejected into space would not explode. At 1 atmosphere (spacecraft are pressurised to even less), there is not enough pressure inside your ...
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