Ah that’s true! Quite different to water. Looking it up it seems you hit 2 atmospheres of pressure at only 20 m water depth. No wonder diving accidents are so serious. Sort of reassuring that space will kill you at a more leisurely pace.
Not necessarily. If it’s a slow leak, you can go from fully functioning, to slightly lightheaded, to dead from hypoxia without any pain or even awareness of your situation.
In actual chamber accidents the people lost consciousness immediately. The one dude didn’t even know what had happened or why his ears were sore when they came to rescue him.
Ah that’s true! Quite different to water. Looking it up it seems you hit 2 atmospheres of pressure at only 20 m water depth. No wonder diving accidents are so serious. Sort of reassuring that space will kill you at a more leisurely pace.
Yeah but it’ll hurt the whole time you’re dying. In an implosion like the sub, you’ll be dead before you even realize anything is happening.
Not necessarily. If it’s a slow leak, you can go from fully functioning, to slightly lightheaded, to dead from hypoxia without any pain or even awareness of your situation.
Destin of SmarterEveryDay demonstrated this under controlled circumstances a few years back. (hypoxia demo starts around 4:30)
In actual chamber accidents the people lost consciousness immediately. The one dude didn’t even know what had happened or why his ears were sore when they came to rescue him.
Relevant Futurama
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