Does things explode when you put them on the moon?

Answer 1

Hello Bea:

That depends entirely upon what the items are made of, what is inside them, and how they are constructed.

For example: If the item was a ruber ball full of gas like air from the Earth, the gas would rapidly expand and burst the ball. If you put a human being (without space suit) on the Moon, He/She would explode because they were accoutomed to having an atmospheric pressure of 14 PSI on their bodies back on Earth. With no atmosphere pressing down on them, the internal pressure would make the human body expand and explode.

If you put a nickle or a quarter (US Coins) on the Moon, theyu would just sit there because those coins are solid metal; no gases inside of them. Same thing for a solid block of aluminum or iron...just sit there.

If you put a car on the Moon, the gas tank would blow its cap, the radiator would spring a leak, the freeze plug in the engine block would pop out, and all the tires would burst. All the air inside the car would escape into the zero atmosphere of the Moon.

However, if you put a space capsule on the moon that was designed and built to withstand zero atmosphere, had compressed air tanks to restore lost air, and good pressure seals on all the hatches for entry and egress, etc., it should be okay.

Humans in space suits designed to protect them from zero atmosphere should be okay as long as they were protected from excessive solar radiation in some fashion.

Answer 2

The lunar modules didn't seem to explode back in 1969...

If the objects you send there are solid, they don't explode. If the thing contains gases or liquids, and the container has leaks, then the fluids will escape because there is (almost) no pressure on the moon. The container may then actually collapse onto itself (as if you're sucking the air out of a plastic Coke bottle).

Answer 3

The moon has no atmosphere, so the pressure on the surface of the moon is zero. The astronauts walking on the moon needed pressurized suits and oxygen in order to survive there. Anything that needs atmospheric pressure to hold it together would burst on the moon. For example, if you exposed an inflated party balloon on the moon it would burst.

Answer 4

Just putting something on the moon won't make it explode, anymore than putting something on the Earth will.
But you can use explosives (that contain their own oxygen supply as well as accelerant) to blow things up on the moon, just like you could in space.
Just curious why you ask this question, I don't see how it could be something anyone would believe.

Answer 5

things do not explode when you put the on the moon.

Answer 6

Yes, because the moons atmosphere is made up completely of flammable gases. Try to use proper English when asking questions by the way.

Answer 7

well if you put aboom in it will explode

Answer 8

John Glenn didn't.

Answer 9

No, they don't.