Space

[The Dude]

This is a topic dedicated to pictures, videos, articles, and discussion of all things related to space.

For instance, New moon discovered orbiting Neptune.

Was watching videos from a channel on YouTube called, Dnews, and was surprised to hear them say that a person, unprotected/no space suit, in the vacuum of space, can survive for like 15 seconds or so before you pass out. Moreover, some chimps who were exposed to the vacuum of space for a minute made a full recovery and one died.
Contrary to what you see in movies, you would not explode or get turned inside out.

Also, when they say you're blood and saliva will boil, all they mean is liquid is turning into gas, so you're not being "boiled" in the sense of a potato in a pan of water.

I guess my purpose for saying this is: dying exposed to the vacuum of space would certainly be painful for 10-15 seconds as the pressure within your body equalized to the vacuum of space;, but it wouldn't be as gruesome as you might think (thanks for lying to us Hollywood).

That's interesting. The first time I read it I thought you said 15 minutes instead of 15 seconds, haha.
I think it was the Titan (or Saturn) episode of How the Universe Works where one of the nerds said you could walk around on the surface of Titan without a space suit. It would be like walking around in Antarctica, but with a oxygen mask on.

 

[huKSer]

This is a topic dedicated to pictures, videos, articles, and discussion of all things related to space.

For instance, New moon discovered orbiting Neptune.

Was watching videos from a channel on YouTube called, Dnews, and was surprised to hear them say that a person, unprotected/no space suit, in the vacuum of space, can survive for like 15 seconds or so before you pass out. Moreover, some chimps who were exposed to the vacuum of space for a minute made a full recovery and one died.

Contrary to what you see in movies, you would not explode or get turned inside out.

Also, when they say you're blood and saliva will boil, all they mean is liquid is turning into gas, so you're not being "boiled" in the sense of a potato in a pan of water.

I guess my purpose for saying this is: dying exposed to the vacuum of space would certainly be painful for 10-15 seconds as the pressure within your body equalized to the vacuum of space;, but it wouldn't be as gruesome as you might think (thanks for lying to us Hollywood).

On the time thing - it takes time because of your mass. Analogy - You throw a roast into a hot oven. It doesn't get done in a flash, It takes time for the heat to penetrate to the core.

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

Space isn't real.

I'm waiting for Trump's declaration on Aliens.....

 

[ZRod]

This is a topic dedicated to pictures, videos, articles, and discussion of all things related to space.

For instance, New moon discovered orbiting Neptune.

Was watching videos from a channel on YouTube called, Dnews, and was surprised to hear them say that a person, unprotected/no space suit, in the vacuum of space, can survive for like 15 seconds or so before you pass out. Moreover, some chimps who were exposed to the vacuum of space for a minute made a full recovery and one died.
Contrary to what you see in movies, you would not explode or get turned inside out.

Also, when they say you're blood and saliva will boil, all they mean is liquid is turning into gas, so you're not being "boiled" in the sense of a potato in a pan of water.

I guess my purpose for saying this is: dying exposed to the vacuum of space would certainly be painful for 10-15 seconds as the pressure within your body equalized to the vacuum of space;, but it wouldn't be as gruesome as you might think (thanks for lying to us Hollywood).

On the time thing - it takes time because of your mass. Analogy - You throw a roast into a hot oven. It doesn't get done in a flash, It takes time for the heat to penetrate to the core.

It takes time for your body loose consciousness from oxygen deprivation I would guess. Oxygen is being sucked out of you body and through your lungs. Various kinds of vacuums and decomoresions have been experienced. Pretty intersting stuff to read at the link.
Basically the closest Hollywood ever came to the real deal was way back: 2001 A Space Odyssey.

 

[2ndNnine]

 

[BIG ERN]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

 

[knapplc]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

 

[BIG ERN]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox

 

[Landlord]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox

Huh. You should go inform the folks at NASA that they've all been wasting their time and you've got it figured out.

 

[BIG ERN]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox

Huh. You should go inform the folks at NASA that they've all been wasting their time and you've got it figured out.

I'm not saying that, but I think it is crazy to think that people find it fascinating without knowing the true reality of it. Over 5 years they spend over 100 BILLION DOLLARS. I would rather put that into something we know of - Earth.

 

[Landlord]

I'm not saying that, but I think it is crazy to think that people find it fascinating without knowing the true reality of it. Over 5 years they spend over 100 BILLION DOLLARS. I would rather put that into something we know of - Earth.

But we spend money for our own planet too, so...?

 

[sho]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox

Huh. You should go inform the folks at NASA that they've all been wasting their time and you've got it figured out.

I'm not saying that, but I think it is crazy to think that people find it fascinating without knowing the true reality of it. Over 5 years they spend over 100 BILLION DOLLARS. I would rather put that into something we know of - Earth.

And NASA's budget is still like .4% of the budget. It's not like they are getting a lot of money that could be used else where in the grand scheme of things.

 

[BIG ERN]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox

Huh. You should go inform the folks at NASA that they've all been wasting their time and you've got it figured out.

I'm not saying that, but I think it is crazy to think that people find it fascinating without knowing the true reality of it. Over 5 years they spend over 100 BILLION DOLLARS. I would rather put that into something we know of - Earth.

And NASA's budget is still like .4% of the budget. It's not like they are getting a lot of money that could be used else where in the grand scheme of things.

$100B isn't a lot of money? I'll mark that one down

 

[ZRod]

Mars is approx. 12.5 light MINUTES away. It would take around 6 months to reach Mars with a manned aircraft. These 'new planets' are 40 light YEARS away. It would take around 800,000 years to reach these places by a manned aircraft....Don't you think we should quit with the nonsense fantasy and $20B/year spending for NASA?

100 years ago powered flight was a fantasy. Today air travel is so common EVERYONE does it. It used to take a year to sail around the world. Today you could legit circumnavigate the globe in two days - maybe one with good connection flights.

Do you really think we won't have technological breakthroughs that drastically cut travel time from here to other stars in the next century? How will that happen if we don't strive to advance technology?

To think of the sustainable water needed, vasts amounts of rich soil, perfect atmosphere in regards to chemical composition, shields of radiation, perfect gravitational pull, plate tectonics, constant weather that is able to be livable by all forms of life there is no chance there is a civilization that is in any way similar to ours. Fermi Paradox

Huh. You should go inform the folks at NASA that they've all been wasting their time and you've got it figured out.

I'm not saying that, but I think it is crazy to think that people find it fascinating without knowing the true reality of it. Over 5 years they spend over 100 BILLION DOLLARS. I would rather put that into something we know of - Earth.

And NASA's budget is still like .4% of the budget. It's not like they are getting a lot of money that could be used else where in the grand scheme of things.

$100B isn't a lot of money? I'll mark that one down

You realize NASA is more than just things up there in space right? It's aerospace research and climate research. They've invented or have help bring many technologies to the public. Artificial limbs, memory foam, LEDs for medical use, aircraft de-icing, cordless vacuum, freeze drying, scratchless lenses, solar cells, water filtration, fire/heat resistant materials, and tons of other things we use everyday.

 

[Landlord]

and velcrow!