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labroid t1_j1173bm wrote

Reply to comment by labroid in Could being submersed in a sealed tank of fluid help humans survive heavy G acceleration in outer space? by cheeze_whiz_shampoo

To add more fun, if your foot is about a foot long and about 3 inches wide and a couple tall, you have about a square foot of skin, so there would be 144 * 260 psi = 37,440 lbs (or ~19 tons) of force squeezing the contents of your foot up your leg into your head like toothpaste.

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mutandis57 t1_j133ukp wrote

Not to mention the blood still needs to circulate in your body. Trying to pump blood up to your head 0.5m above your heart at 100G is equivalent to your neck being 50m long. Your heart is not as strong as a giraffe's! Not gonna happen without some form of suspended animation.

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