2007-12-22 13:24:38 · 29 answers · asked by brendan d 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
.............................yes
2007-12-22 13:26:28 · answer #1 · answered by KG 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes they can.
People can die on Earth without space suits. Many do every day.
In space, death is not instantaneous. The body contains enough heat energy and the skin does provide enough inward pressure that a person finding himself (or herself) in space would survive quite a few seconds (maybe up to a minute of two, albeit unconscious after a minute).
2007-12-22 21:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by Raymond 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Why would we wear them?
Without as space suit, this would happen:
Water vapor would form inside the body, possible causing the body to expand beyond normal size after ten seconds. After about fifteen seconds, you would become unconscious from the de-oxygenation's of the blood.. After thirty seconds, the body would be paralyzed, the lungs would collapse, and ice would form in the respiratory system.
If you tried to hold your breath through this, your lungs would internally rupture.
All in all, if you were rescued before ninety seconds, you may be able to be revived. After that, your chances are very slim.
The Russian spacecraft Soyuz 11 experienced decompression, and all three cosmonauts died.
2007-12-22 22:46:46 · answer #3 · answered by Trekky0623 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can and will, it will not happen automatically a few things will happen
1. you will suffocate of course there is no oxygen out there
2. because of the difference in gravity and all that stuff your body will expand, you wont be huge at most you will become about 2x bigger.
3. one side of you will freeze while the other will burn, because the sun is hitting one and no direct heat is hitting the other.
4. if there are small particles floating like rocks or other space junk it can go right through you.
so you will die but it will take 1-3 minutes.
2007-12-22 21:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they´d surely die if the don´t use the space suit in space due to the extreme temperatures and absence of pressure.
2007-12-23 00:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by Asker 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely! It is a vacuum, with extremes of temperature between light and shadow areas.
This link explains what would happen to you in outer space without a spacesuit.
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=741
It is NOT instant and you MIGHT survive enough to be resuscitated for almost 2 minutes. Your chances of living fall rapidly after about 1 minute.
2007-12-22 21:29:29 · answer #6 · answered by Bullseye 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes without a doubt, there is no oxygen in space therefore people cannot breathe. Its a vaccuum.
2007-12-22 21:33:20 · answer #7 · answered by Superman_KalEl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reasoning is iff you exhale all your air BEFORE being exposed to space, you could live for 15 seconds, but after 10 you wouldn't want to live the other 5....popped blood vessels, frostbite, etc...but you could live.
2007-12-22 21:27:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah! The vacuum of space will suck their eyeballs out and pull their guts through all orifices, and the pressure will crush their bones until they are just a mushy spot floating around. At least that's what happens in the movies.
2007-12-22 21:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes. You could freeze (due to lack of air, your heat would radiate away quickly and there would be no air particles to bombard your skin and balance your temperature), burn (from direct sun radiation), expand from lack of pressure, or suffocate from lack of oxygen. I'm not sure the order of these, however, and some depend on where you are relative to radiative sources.
2007-12-22 21:30:13 · answer #10 · answered by jtabbsvt 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but not immmediately. Contrary to popular belief you don't just pop. However, you will die of suffocation... which wouldn't take too long.
Moral of the story: Wear your suit.
2007-12-22 21:27:27 · answer #11 · answered by DJ 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋